30 years ago, economics in the Caribbean was much more interesting than it is today. It was concerned with matters like growth and transformation, distribution and equity, local control and participation, industrialization and agricultural development. Mathematical formalisation and econometric testing were not ‘dissed’, but it was accepted that they needed to be grounded in the [...]

Filed under: Caribbean Thought, Power and Knowledge, Jamaican economy, Norman's Commentaries 2000-2007 |

Prepared for Seminar on “Ideas and Innovation for Change”
Sponsored by Poltical Reform, Development and Innovation Task Force
Kingston, July 17, 1999
There has been no significant growth in the Jamaican economy since 1975. In the early 1990s PC income had probably not attained the level of 20 years before. The latest ESSJ shows that real PC GDP [...]

Filed under: Jamaican economy |

Paper delivered at the PNP 60th Anniversary Symposium Kingston September 17, 1998

Growth with equity ad social justice: the need for social consensus.
Elements of a social consensus.
Democratic socialism and the market economy.
Summary and conclusions.

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Filed under: Jamaican economy |