One of the more surprising - and often missed - aspects of Francis' 12-year papacy was his emergence as an incisive economic ...

Thirty-two years have passed since the death of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The terrorist attack targeting him on ...

Roy, the preeminent economic historian of India, along with Abhirup Sarkar and Anand Swamy, has launched a series on the economic histories of Indian states. This splendid volume is the first in the ...

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A good old friend in the neighborhood rescued many jewels: Books from Amartya Sen to Wittgenstein have found a new home. I am delighted beyond words. BRIJ MOHAN dean emeritus, LSU School of Social ...

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Amartya Sen is chairing a committee in India to revive Nalanda, the world’s oldest university, after an 800 year recess. Soyinka surely has his Marxist and neo-Marxist critics who accuse him of ...

Basu, a protégé of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, is known for his work at the intersection of economics and social justice, and his insights into how economics can serve humanity deeply resonated ...

The following article appeared in issue 5 of the magazine of the Anarchist Communist Group, Stormy Petrel.

India's poverty discourse has evolved from focusing solely on income or consumption to incorporating multidimensional indicators like education, health, and standard of living This shift began with ...