Trade, Reputation, and Child Labor in Twentieth-Century Egypt
The conventional wisdom that political and economic actors in colonial countries are passive and reactive is undermined by Goldberg's close examination of the decisions and calculations of leading political and economic actors. Goldberg shows how critical decisions affecting Egypt's integration into the world economy were based on clear understandings of what policies were most likely to advance the interests of leading interest groups, with results that continue to bedevil Egypt's political...
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With a focus on the decisions and calculations of leading Egyptian political and economic actors, Goldberg provides innovative and provocative insights on the political economy of development and underdevelopment
Ch. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Reputation, regulation, and trade11Ch. 3Growing the world's best cotton : colonial crisis or business as usual33Ch. 4Regulation for reputation in the Egyptian delta63Ch. 5Economics, development, and Egyptian economists89Ch. 6Labor regulation in Egypt after 1952119Ch. 7Efficiency wages, moral economies, and involution143Ch. 8Conclusion163
