Penguin India Rediscovry Of India [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2011] Meghnad Desai

History

Meghnad Desai

Asia

Penguin books.India

Testing Monetarism

Testing Monetarism pursues the complex question of the nature of the controversy surrounding monetarist theory and evidence, and the reasons for the persistence of this controversy.The theory of monetarism is examined in its old guise as the Quantity Theory of Money, and subsequent chapters look at the evolution of the theory to its present form in the period since the 1950's, and Desai weaves together issues of theory with those of econometric evidence. He looks in turn at major predictions of monetarism, critically examining the claims made in the literature in the light of his discussion of the methodology of testing theories and highlights flaws in the empirical data surrounding monetarism.

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Ezra Pound was a major figure in the American and European literary world in the last century. He was also notoriously indicted for treason in a US court - but judged unfit to stand trial and incarcerated in a mental hospital for thirteen years. His anti-semitic and fascist views are well-known. But he also wrote a great deal of economics. He championed the Social Credit schemes of Major Douglas and proposed his own plans for restoring full employment in the middle of the Great Depression. His economic writings span nearly two decades and range from the nature of money to the evils of banks' monopoly over credit creation and the debilitating effects of Usury. His views on money are part of a rich tradition of monetary heterodoxy which argues that money and monetary authorities should be made to serve the people rather than be slaves to financial prudence. "The Route of All Evil" will restore Pound's relevance as a radical economist who has much to offer those who protest against the injustice of Third World Debt and the Washington Consensus, participants in the World Social Forum, and everyone interested in heterodox economics.

The Route of All Evil

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Faber and Faber

Pages: 510From the JacketWhat makes India a nation? What has held its many disparate societies with their diverse, sometimes conflicting narratives together for more than sixty years? What has allowed India to sustain its commitment to the democratic process, given its location in a region that is largely undemocratic? In this magisterial analysis of the last five hundred years of Indian history, Meghnad Desai looks at Indias colonical past, its struggle for independence and its many contemporary conundrums, to discover answers to the questions that have confronted India-watchers for decades.Rejecting much received wisdom, including narratives fashioned by Indias ruling establishment, Meghnad Desai goes back to the beginnings of the East-West encounter at the end of the fifteenth century. He tracks its impact on the cultures and polities of the present day, from the

The Rediscovery Of India [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2009] Meghnad Desai

Penguin??Books

The Raisina Model: Indian Democracy at 70

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Penguin

Marxian economics

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Business & Money

Economics

St.Martin's Press

Recent events around the world have shaken old certainties. Questions are being asked about the survival of the Liberal Order, which has been dominant for over fifty years. The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote have alarmed many commentators. Across Europe too there have been developments the emergence of fringe parties of the left and right in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece which have disturbed the liberal thought. In India, the arrival of Narendra Modi at the head of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 had raised fear similar to those in Trump s case. In this perceptive account, Meghnad Desai opens up the debate beyond the West and looks at parallels between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump as two outsiders who broke through the barriers to reach the top. He analyses Asia s challenge to Western hegemony and asks if the conventional wisdom about the hegemony of free trade liberalism needs re-examination. He peers into the future to look at the greatest challenge facing the world today: Will the Liberal Order survive, collapse or mutate? Is the world at a cusp? Is history the old saga of blood, sweat and tears about to resume its course? Politicshock analyses Trump and Modi and other outsiders who have come to the fore not as freaks but as results of systematic forces economic, social, political and cultural who will now shape the critical destiny of the time that we live in. KEY SELLING POINTS Meghnad Desai introduces a fascinating comparison between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi, and expertly navigates the challenges to the Western-based liberal order of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of Asia, economic stagnation, the new digital technology and populism. The author puts the rise of Modi and Trump into long-running historical context and draws conclusions that are relevant to everyone interested in the future of political leadership across our planet. This is an excellent, highly readable account of the changing profile of the liberal order which, in alliance with the ruling culture of the global political economy, claims the right to redefine the current topography of democracy.

Politicshock : Trump, Modi, Brexit and the Prospect for Liberal Democracy

Rupa Publications

Nehru's Hero DIlip Kumar: In the Life of India

Roli Books Pvt. Ltd.

MAYABHARATA: The Untold Story Behind the Death of Lord Krishna

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.

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