David Engerman
Historian and author of Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made, specializing in the intellectual history of development and the role of economists from South Asia in shaping global development debates.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 54min
Six economists and the making of modern development | David Engerman
David Engerman, historian and author of Apostles of Development, traces six South Asian economists from Cambridge to global institutions. He explores contested meanings of development. The conversation covers debates on markets versus states, trade versus protection, poverty versus inequality, the rise of the Global South category, and the intellectual friendships and rivalries that shaped modern development ideas.
