C.Y. Thomas

1939-·3,144 citations

Guyanese economist and political theorist known for his work on dependency theory, Caribbean political economy, and critiques of extraction and exploitation in peripheral economies

Works

227 works

Title	Year	Language	Citations▼
Dependence and transformation: The economics of the transition to socialism	1977	english	539
The poor and the powerless: Economic policy and change in the Caribbean	1988	english	360
The rise of the authoritarian state in peripheral societies	1984	english	343
Marx's concept of man	2004	—	210
Capital markets, financial markets and social capital (an essay on economic theory and economic ideas)	1996	—	167
The dynamics of West Indian economic integration.	1967	english	120
"Species-Being" and "Human Nature" in Marx	1982	—	85
Critical race theory and postcolonial development theory: observations on methodology	2000	—	83
Plantations, peasants, and state. A study of the mode of sugar production in Guyana.	1984	english	54
State capitalism in Guyana: an assessment of Burnham's Co-operative Socialist Republic	2024	english	53
Trade openness and inflation: Panel data evidence for the Caribbean	2012	—	49
Diritti di cittadinanza e Welfare State. Citizenship and Social Class di Tom Marshall cinquant'anni dopo	2002	—	47
" The Non-Capitalist Path" as Theory and Practice of Decolonization and Socialist Transformation	1978	english	45
Aspects of the theory of economic integration	1969	english	40
Guyana: The IMF-World Bank group and the general crisis	1982	english	37
Novo enfoque do desenvolvimento eo papel da ciência e da tecnologia	2003	—	35
Monetary and Financial Arrangements in a Dependent Monetary Economy	1965	english	32
Assessing the export of nursing services as a diversification option for CARICOM economies	2005	—	30
Restructuring the World economy and its political implications for the Third World	1989	english	28
Too big to fail: a scoping study of the Small and Medium Scale gold and diamond mining industry in Guyana	2009	—	27
Foreign currency black markets: lessons from Guyana	1989	—	27
Sugar: threat or challenge? An assessment of the impact of technological developments in the high-fructose corn syrup and sucrochemicals industries.	1986	english	25
Plantations, peasants, and state	1984	english	24
The Dynamics of West Indian Integration	1967	english	23
The structure, performance, and prospects of Central Banking in the Caribbean	1972	english	21
The Structure	1972	english	20
Bread and justice: the struggle for socialism in Guyana	1976	english	20
The balance of payments and money supplies of a colonial monetary economy	1963	—	20
A model of pure plantation economy: comment	1968	—	18
On reconstructing a political economy of the Caribbean	2001	—	18
Lessons from experience: structural adjustment and poverty in Guyana	1993	—	17
Guyana: The Rise and Fall of Cooperative Socialism	1984	english	17
From colony to state capitalism: Alternative paths of development in the Caribbean	1982	english	17
Monetary and financial arrangements in a dependent monetary economy: a study of British Guiana, 1945-1962	1965	english	16
Revisiting the underground economy in Guyana 2001–2008	2011	—	15
Integration of science and technology with development: Caribbean and Latin American problems in the context of the United Nations Conference on Science …	2013	—	14
Nature and Artifice in Marx	1988	—	13
Omai's gold production in Guyana	1998	—	13
Walter Rodney and the Caribbean revolution	1982	english	13
Globalisation as paradigm shift: response from the South	2000	—	13
The cambio-system of an independent exchange rate float: the case of Guyana	1991	english	12
Industrialization and the transformation of Africa: An alternative strategy to MNC expansion	1975	—	12
Class struggle, social development and the theory of the non-capitalist path	1978	english	12
1974Dependence and Transformation: The Economics of the Transition to Socialism	—	english	11
Globalization, Structural Adjustment and Security: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial Development State in the Caribbean	1998	—	10
The Transition to Socialism: issues of economic strategy in Tanzanian-type economies	1972	—	10
A STATE OF DISARRAY: PUBLIC POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN .	2016	—	10
Neo-Colonialism and Caribbean Integration	1979	—	10
The crisis of development theory and practice: A Caribbean perspective	1996	—	9
Hard lessons for intellectuals	1984	—	9