continues to face, vast structural difficulties which, while not impossible to overcome, require a concerted effort of ingenuity and determination to resolve. Raúl Prebisch brought both ingenuity and determination in abundance, and while some of his plans may have gone awry, his role in reshaping Latin America economic thought is indisputable. Neither Marxist nor orthodox, Prebisch would inspire a generation of Latin American thinkers to shake off the chains of economic determinism, and to encourage them to find their way – a Latin American way – to fixing the problems that plagued the region. And while some of his economic ideas continue to fall in and out of fashion, his own legacy to future generations is a courageous mix of thought and ethics and action, applicable to all.
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