Frank's Gunder, the Development of Under Development

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Frank's gunder frank's article, the development of under development, was widely translated. It really became the global reference point for dependency theory. And and that, you write, annoyed many latin american dependentistas. To what extent? Was this a legitimate critique of a latin American theory becoming known? So overwhelmingly through the work of an outsider. But on the other hand, it had to do with actual transformations how things were read or translated.

Historian Margarita Fajardo on her book The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era. Fajardo discusses the Latin American economists at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) who conceptualized the division of the global economy between center and periphery, and how that later gave rise to dependency theory and world systems theory. Plus Cuban Revolution and the Alliance for Progress, Allende's democratic road to socialism and right-wing coups in Chile and Brazil—and more. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig