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One of the founding fathers of modern economics in India, A.K. Dasgupta (1903-92) is considered a pioneer in theoretical economics. The present volume--one of the three self contained companion volumes spanning almost six decades--contains essays that made a substantial theoretical contribution to the history of economic ideas in India that originated in the early twentieth century and paved the way for many stalwarts in the field. The volume contains two of the ...
Foremost among the founders of modern economics in India, A.K. Dasgupta (1903-92) is considered a pioneer in theoretical economics. The essays in this volume--one of three self contained companion volumes--not only display his preeminence among the Indian economists of his generation, but also make a substantial theoretical contribution to the history of economic ideas in India. Dasgupta's motivation came from his observations of the world around him, in ...
A.K. Dasgupta (1903-92) was unarguably one of India's most distinguished economic theorists. His extensive scholarship included the critical evaluation and understanding of practically all schools of economic thought: classical, Marxist, marginalist, neo-classical, Keynesian, and the many variants of growth theory. The present volume--one of the three self contained companion volumes--is a collection of seventy essays, articles, reviews and reminiscences written ...