Putting development economics into historical perspective: A view from GermanyAn interview with Bertram Schefold

Bertram Schefold (born 1943 in Basel, Switzerland) has been Professor of Economic Theory at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main since 1974. He holds a Diploma in mathematics, a Ph.D. in economics and honorary doctorates of the Universities of Tübingen and Macerata. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge (GB), the New School for Social Research in New York, Rome, Paris, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi, among others. His main interests are capital the...