Topics covered include the evolving meaning of the “economic miracle” in developmentalist discourse; the relationship between economic miracles and authoritarian regimes/state violence; the pursuit of development in postcolonial nations and the allure of the miracle; the impacts on everyday life in the global South following failed economic miracles; and the role of increased inequality as a constitutive element of economic miracles.

Contributors. Abou B. Bamba, Franco Barchiesi, Jacob Blanc, Hannah Borenstein, Ellis Garey, James N. Green, Rebecca E. Karl, Hasan H. Karrar, Ravinder Kaur, Johanna Gautier Morin, Andre Pagliarini, AimÉe Plukker, Quinn Slobodian, Melissa Teixeira, Christy Thornton, Paula Vedoveli, Barbara Weinstein