Retrospective on the Best-Levitt Theory of Plantation Economy
The Best-Levitt plantation economy studies sought to identify the structural constraints on the growth and transformation of Caribbean economies that arise from the historical legacy of the plantation system and the pervasiveness of plantation type institutions in the contemporary economy in the form of the multinational corporation (MNC). It was also the intention to specify the features of a self reliant, self sustaining Caribbean economy that functions in the interests of the majority of the population.
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