%0 Journal Article %T The Pioneers of Development Economics: Great Economists on Development %J - %D 2009 %X The recent period in the growth of economics has witnessed a surprising revival of interest in the problems of development. Many of the profession¡¯s ¡°big names¡±¡ªStiglitz, Sachs, Barro, Krugman, Helpman, and North, to mention only a few¡ªhave lent their names to the rediscovery of a field whose independent existence was denied not too long ago in many teaching departments. With this recently gained respectability, the current professional mainstream seems almost to be saying, ¡°We are all development economists now. %U http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/2065