Hirschman published a landmark history of development economics in 1981.

Evidence

Hirschman, Albert O. 1981. “The Rise and Decline of Development Economics.” In Albert O. Hirschman (ed.), Essays in Trespassing: Economics to Politics and Beyond, 1–24. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1399