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An Economist's Miscellany From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

06.03.2020

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

360

Maße (L/B/H)

23,1/15/3,6 cm

Gewicht

502 g

Auflage

2nd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-012089-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

06.03.2020

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

360

Maße (L/B/H)

23,1/15/3,6 cm

Gewicht

502 g

Auflage

2nd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-012089-4

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: Libri GmbH

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  • Produktbild: An Economist's Miscellany

    • Contents

    • Prologue

    • Introduction to the Second Edition

    • PART ONE: MAKING INTRODUCTIONS

    • 1. Entering North Block

    • The Last Column, The First Week

    • Life in the Heart of Indian Government

    • 2. Ambiguity, Equivocation, and Economics

    • PART TWO: ACADEMIC TRANSGRESSIONS

    • 3. Policy: Foreign and Domestic

    • China's Power and Corbett's Gun

    • The ABC of 123

    • India Globalizing

    • A Higher Opportunity

    • The Ethics of Reducing Inequality

    • 4. On the Road

    • A Traveller's Guide

    • India's Wild East

    • Among the Zapotecs

    • Economics and Zen in Munich

    • Namaste: Welcome to Israel

    • Praying in the Foothills of Mount Fuji

    • The Maharaja Disappoints 55

    • Taking Off: Airports and Economics

    • Fragments from an Africa Diary: Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diepsloot

    • Samoa Diary

    • Bhutan: Development Economics in the Himalayas

    • Postcard from Malaysia: Through the Fog, Gently

    • A Hinduism more Tolerant

    • In Good Faith: A Journey, An Education

    • An Evening in Florence

    • The Turin Miracle

    • Does god exist? There Are Several Possible Hypotheses?

    • 5. Persons and Ideas

    • Amartya Sen: Re-inventing Himself

    • Prasanta Pattanaik: A Fine Theorist

    • Engels and the Quest for a Better World

    • Paul Samuelson and the Foundations of Economics

    • In Praise of Doubt

    • Kenneth Arrow: Possibly the Most Important Economist of the Twentieth Century

    • John Nash: The Shakespeare of Economics

    • The Anti-Argumentative Indian: Amartya Sen

    • The Angry Intellectual: Ashok Mitra

    • The Problem of Choice

    • Stiglitz's Sticky Prices

    • Manmohan Singh: A Quiet Courage

    • 6. Culture and Economics

    • Art and Commerce

    • Markets and Aesthetics

    • Norms and Prosperity

    • Trust and Development

    • Where India Is Ahead of China

    • 7. Conundrums of Finance and Economics

    • Burning Cash: A Finance Conundrum

    • Why Some Financial Products Should be on Prescription

    • Financial Scams and Ponzis

    • Acquiring Land for Industry

    • Bureaucratic Reform in India

    • Labour Market Reform in India

    • Whither Social Progress?

    • Same-Sex Preference and Rights

    • Evidence-Based Policy Mistakes

    • The Ease of Doing Business Comes with Trade-Offs

    • 8. Medley 106

    • Are We Becoming Over-Cautious?

    • My Worst Lectures

    • India at 60

    • Mother at 90

    • PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY POLICY EXCURSIONS

    • 9. India and the World

    • In India, Black Money makes for Bad Policy

    • India and the Visible Hand of the Market

    • Resisting the Moral Retreat

    • Anger Isn't Enough

    • Trump's Gift to China

    • Facing the Slowdown

    • In the Name of Education

    • 10. Inequality and Labour Pains

    • The Insecurity of Inequality

    • Experts and Inequality

    • Inequality in the Twenty First Century

    • The World Economy's Labour Pains

    • Profit Sharing Now

    • The Rich Can Fight Inequality, Too

    • 11. The Global Challenge

    • America's Dangerous Neo-Protectionism

    • Reviving India's Economy

    • A Currency Crash Course for Politicians

    • Why is Democracy Faltering?

    • A Thimbleful of Optimism

    • The Case for a Global Constitution

    • The Language of Conflict

    • PART FOUR: LITERARY TRANSLATIONS

    • By Debt If Need Be

    • The Birth of a New God

    • PART FIVE: DRAMATURGIC INCURSIONS

    • Crossings at Benaras Junction

    • PART SIX: END OF ALLITERATIONS

    • Duidoku and Ultimate Duidoku