ERIK S. REINERT is professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Founder and Chairman of The Other Canon Foundation in Norway.  His main focus is the theory of uneven development and the history of economic thought and policy. Professor Reinert, who lectures in five languages, has given seminars and lectures worldwide. He is author of “How Rich Countries Got Rich... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor”, published in 20 languages and frequently reprinted. World Economics Association listed Reinert’s volume among the 50 books from which the top 10 economics books of the last 100 years were to be selected.

Preferred e-mail address: eriksreinert@gmail.com

Sjokkterapien. Comment in Norwegian daily Klassekampen, 6 April 2022 (in Norwegian, behind paywall)

Minoritetshistorie med mangel. Book review of "Samenes historie fra 1751 til 2010" in Norwegian independent journal for Norwegian and translated non-fiction, Prosa (#3 2021).

How Rich Countries Get Rich & How Poor Countries Stay Poor: A Rethink of Economic Orthodoxy. YouTube recording of conversation between Reinert and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Lord David Sainsbury, and USC professor Jacob Soll. 06.05.2021

Når utviklingshjelp hindrer økonomisk utvikling. Comment in Bistandsaktuelt, 29.05.2020 (in Norwegian)

Norges skam. Comment in Klassekampen (15.07.2020) and Nordnorsk debatt (16.07.2020) (in Norwegian)

Reindriften og den norske "hakkeorden." Comment in Nordnorsk debatt, 27.07.2020 (in Norwegian)

Stordriftsulemper. Comment in Klassekampen, 30.12.2020 (in Norwegian, behind paywall)

 

Academic article

• Saltelli, Andrea; Kuc-Czarnecka, Marta; Piano, Samuele Lo et al. (2023). Impact assessment culture in the European Union. Time for something new?. (external link)
• Saltelli, Andrea; Benini, Lorenzo; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar et al. (2020). The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability. (external link)
• Sara, Mikkel Nils; Oskal, Nils; Mathiesen, Svein D. et al. (2007). Saami reindeer pastoralism under climate change: Applying a generalized framework for vulnerability studies to a sub-arctic social-ecological system. (external link)
• Braa, Jørn; Monteiro, Eric; Reinert, Erik (1995). Technology transfer vs. technological learning: IT-infrastructure and health care in developing countries. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Recent trends in economic theory - implications for Latin America. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik; Riiser, Vemund (1993). Recent trends in economic theory - implications for development geography. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Reinert, Erik S.; Oskal, Anders (2023). Reindeer Herding in Norway: Cyclicality and Permanent Change vs. Governmental Rigidities. (external link)
• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Eira, Inger Marie Gaup; Johnsen, Kathrine Ivsett et al. (2016). Samisk reindrift - norsk forvaltning. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik; Eira, Inger Marie Gaup; Mathiesen, Svein D. et al. (2009). Adapting to climate change in Sámi reindeer herding: the nation-state as problem and solution. (external link)

Article in business/trade/industry journal

• Saltelli, Andrea; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Piano, Samuele Lo et al. (2020). Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto,. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Catching up from way behind - a third world perspective on first world history. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Porter-prosjektet, økonomisk teori og fremtidig industripolitikk. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Technology, evolutionary economics, and the world economic order. (external link)

Feature article

• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Bjørklund, Ivar; Reinert, Erik et al. (2013). Useriøst om rein og rovvilt. (external link)
• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Reinert, Erik (2011). Naturstridig reinsdyrpolitikk. (external link)
• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Reinert, Erik; Mathiesen, Svein Dish (2011). Feil om reinsdyr. (external link)
• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Reinert, Erik (2011). Reindriften – hva slags krise?. (external link)

Reader opinion piece

• Benjaminsen, Tor A; Bjørklund, Ivar; Reinert, Erik et al. (2013). Rein, rovvilt og bortforklaringer. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Bull, Kirsti Strøm; Corell, Robert; Eira, Inger Marie Gaup et al. (2004). Assessing vulnerabilities: a new strategy for the Arctic. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Porter-prosjektet og nyskaping i norsk industri. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Post-Porter blues - Norwegian industrial policy between oil and mature industries. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Evolusjonær økonomi og næringspolitikk. (external link)

Report

• Reinert, Erik (2004). How Rich nations got Rich: Essays in the History of Economic Policy. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1994). A Schumpeterian theory of underdevelopment - a condtradiction in terms?. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1994). Hvorfor er økonomisk vekst geografisk ujevnt fordelt?. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1994). Tjenestesektoren i det økonomiske helhetsbildet. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik; Riiser, Vemund (1994). Recent trends in economic theory - implications for development geography. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1994). Competitiveness and its predecessors: A 500-year cross-national perspective. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Technology and uneven development - an evolutionary approach. (external link)

Popular scientific article

• Reinert, Erik (1993). Porter-prosjektet, økonomisk teori og fremtidig næringspolitikk. (external link)
• Reinert, Erik (1993). Catching up from way behind - a third world view on first world economic history. (external link)

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