The Turkish Kadro pioneers of a Balkan Dependencia in the interwar period: rethinking underemployment, monetary policy, and technology

Ozveren E., ÖZGÜR M. E.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT, vol.28, no.6, pp.910-939, 2021 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09672567.2021.1987496
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, American History and Life, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, EconLit, Historical Abstracts, DIALNET
  • Page Numbers: pp.910-939
  • Keywords: Balkans, dependency, Kadro, monetary policy, technology
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Kadro movement-cum-journal (January 1932-January 1935) was formed by a few Turkish economists and intellectuals sensitive to Balkan affairs and with post-war revolutionary experiences in Moscow, Berlin, and Munich. The Kadro was first and foremost developmentalist, given the circumstances of an undeveloped country situated in an unstable region caught in the repercussions of the collapsing world market. It was an innovative cluster open to team work to put forward an international political economic perspective for advancing economic thought and policy during the Great Depression. It is thus among the precursors of Latin American dependency theory.