Poverty of Political Economy - Desai, Meghnad
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In this compelling new book, Meghnad Desai takes a critical, introspective look at the bodies of thought that have driven economics across the world. From Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, and from the Great Depression to the collapse of the Lehmann Brothers, Desai studies the contributions of economics to domestic and international politics. The Poverty of Political Economy asks necessary and startling questions: Where have we fallen short? How have changes in the international order affected the making of economies?

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In this compelling new book, Meghnad Desai takes a critical, introspective look at the bodies of thought that have driven economics across the world. From Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, and from the Great Depression to the collapse of the Lehmann Brothers, Desai studies the contributions of economics to domestic and international politics. The Poverty of Political Economy asks necessary and startling questions: Where have we fallen short? How have changes in the international order affected the making of economies?
Autorenporträt
Meghnad Desai was associated for 38 years with the London School of Economics (LSE) where he was a professor of economics and the director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance (1991-2003). He retired as Emeritus Professor of economics and was made Honorary Fellow of the LSE. He joined the British Labour Party in 1971 and was elevated to the House of Lords in June 1991. Meghnad Desai's research spans over 50 years in a broad range of topics concerning the impact of the private sector and the state in development and Marxian economics including globalization and market liberalisation. His curiosity and vast contribution to developing the field of economics from human development to economic history and political economy have been awarded some of the highest honours of British and Indian civil institutions. He is currently chairman of the advisory board of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). He has written over thirty books on economics history politics and cinema as well as fiction. He has also written columns for several newspapers and periodicals in the UK and India. He received the Pravasi Bharatiya Puraskar in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2008.