ABSTRACT
Aníbal Pinto’s work is at the origin of the structuralist school and of criticism, since the late 1940s, to the dominant paradigm in the academic world of developed countries. The criticism was initially centered on the rejection of the idea that, after European reconstruction ended, multilateral trade and the free convertibility of all currencies would guarantee similar rates of prosperity among all the countries that make up this system, poor and rich. A natural corollary of the rejection of this thesis was the strong idea of industrialization, with its demands for selective protectionism; infrastructure development; production, including state-owned, of basic inputs; programming and financing of large investments. Such concerns marked the early years of ECLAC and the beginning of the work of Aníbal Pinto, one of the most creative, fruitful and influential Latin American structuralists.
KEYWORDS:
History of economic thought; Aníbal Pinto