Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Amit BhaduriPublisher: National Book TrustYear: 2005Language: EnglishPages: 107ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123745961 DescriptionDespite almost six decades of India’s independence, dehumanizing poverty afflicts a large section of Indian masses. Is economic liberalization with continuous rolling back of the State the answer? This book, written by one of India’s foremost theoretical economists, is a non-technical manner argues forcefully that this would be the wrong track to follow. In the course of the argument, the author demolishes many conventional economic propositions which rule the academia, the policy makers, the media and the international institutions. The book demonstrates forcefully why a full employment society with dignity for all citizens is feasible in the near future. It is not at all a utopia. The book, brought out under the new series of the Trust on Popular Social Science, is likely to be a major input into the current debate regarding the feasibility of the guarantee of employment to all in present scenario.ContentsPREFACEDevelopment with Dignity - No UtopiaThe Market Succeeds and Fails - How, Where, When?The Interaction of the Economy and the PolityDevelopment with Dignity-the Defining IssuesFor a Different Kind of DevelopmentThe Government-can’t-do-it Syndrome of Public FinanceREFERENCES AND FURTHER READINGS
