224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The history of Indian economic thought provides rich insights into both economic issues and the workings of the Indian mind. A History of Indian Economic Thought provides the first overview of economic thought in the sub-continent. Arguing that it would be inappropriate to rely on formal economic analyses it draws on a wide range of sources; epics, religious and moral texts for the early period... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, 1. Introduction, 2. Buddhism and economics, 3. Kautilya’s Arthasastra: economics and polity, 4. Economic thought in the Muslim period, 5. Famines and famine policy, 6. Dadabhai Naoroji and the drain theory, 7. Ranade and the economics of development, 8. Towards independence, 9. Gandhian economics, 10. Independence and after, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Dasgupta, Ajit K.
