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A History of Indian Economic Thought

By: Ajit K. Dasgupta

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Hardcover | 5 August 1993 | Edition Number 1

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The first overview of Indian economic thought to appear in English, this book provides rich insights into both economic issues and the workings of the Indian mind. Arguing that it would be inappropriate to rely solely on formal economic analyses, Ajit K. Dasgupta draws on a wide range of sources: epics, religious and moral texts, public speeches, addresses, and newspaper articles. What emerges is an intricate mosaic reflecting India's different cultures and civilizations.
The book examines the ways that Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam address economic issues. It demonstrates the deep impact of British colonial rule, both in propagating Western economic ideas and in provoking Indian theories of colonialism and underdevelopment. The book also includes chapters on Ghandian economics and Indian economic thought since Independence. Dasgupta looks at past thought from the vantage point of modern economic theory, particularly development economics. His lucid study reveals the legacy of Indian thought in economics and its relevance to contemporary India.

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Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The uses of history	p. 1
Criteria for selection	p. 6
An outline of topics	p. 10
Buddhism and economics	p. 13
Buddhism and the economic enterprise	p. 14
Prices and taxation	p. 19
Altruism and economics	p. 21
Kautilya's Arthasastra: economics and polity	p. 28
The economic functions of the state	p. 29
Taxation and pricing policy	p. 33
The land system	p. 36
Economic thought in the Muslim period	p. 42
Islamic canons and fiscal policy	p. 44
Monetary policy	p. 51
Price-control	p. 55
Famines and famine policy	p. 57
Famine defined	p. 58
Why famines occur	p. 59
Famine policy	p. 61
Criticisms of famine policy	p. 63
Dadabhai Naoroji and the drain theory	p. 74
What is the drain?	p. 74
Criticisms	p. 79
Long-run relevance	p. 82
Ranade and the economics of development	p. 87
Poverty and industrialisation	p. 87
Agrarian policy	p. 100
Railway investment	p. 107
Methodology of economics	p. 112
Towards independence	p. 120
From free trade to discriminating protection	p. 120
Gokhale and the economics of education	p. 123
The rupee-ratio	p. 127
National income measurement	p. 130
Gandhian economics	p. 131
Methodological issues	p. 131
Consumption behaviour: the limitation of wants	p. 137
Consumption behaviour: Swadeshi	p. 142
Technology, industrialisation and the scale of production	p. 147
Trusteeship and industrial relations	p. 151
Charity, leisure and the sanctity of work	p. 154
Independence and after	p. 163
The Mahalanobis model	p. 164
Industry and trade	p. 167
Savings behaviour	p. 174
Industrial deceleration	p. 176
Measurement of poverty	p. 179
Agriculture	p. 182
Glossary	p. 188
Bibliography	p. 192
Index	p. 200
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