This is the Fifth Volume in the ongoing series Frontiers of Knowledge and is dedicated to economics including all its aspects and discussions such as Banking, Behavioural economics, budgeting, business economics, development economics, econometrics, economic institutions, economic schools, economic systems, economists, economic theory, both Micro- and Macro-, Industrial organization, international economics, managerial economics, monetary economics, Nobel Prize Winners, public finance, statistics and welfare economics. The dictionary is meant for two types of readers–general readers and students. The first category encompasses the enlightened citizens who want to understand the present-day economic developments at the national and international levels. For the student community, economics is one of the most promising areas of study, offering bright career opportunities. The most special feature of the present dictionary is the "Gandhian Political Economy : Perspectives and Applicability", the Paper presented at the University of Calgary, Canada, in 1997 by Dr. Y.P. Anand, who was Director of National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi from June 1996 to July 2006. Students preparing for competitive examinations will specially find the dictionary of considerable help.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A N Kapoor
A.N. Kapoor After obtaining M.A., D.Phil, in English from Allahabad University, Dr. Kapoor taught English at Agra and Delhi Universities for over four decades and has edited, compiled and authored more than hundred titles including reference books, encyclopaedias and language dictionaries. His dictionary of geographical terms published in 1955 was the first work of its kind in Hindi. His comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary stands as the crowning work of the four decade long effort. The lexicon is considered a work of tremendous relevance for the entire gamut of bilingual activity, being undertaken in the country as almost all levels of our social system, educational institutions and government department.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mohini Gupta
A constant collaborator in the intellectual pursuits of her husband V.P. Gupta she is co-author in a number of his publications including an Encyclopaedia of History and Culture of Punjab, and biographical studies of Raja Rammohun Roy, Swami Dayaand Saraswati, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. A two-volume study of India since independence critically examines the triumphs and tragedies of Indian people during the last fifty five years. These books brought out in both the languages - English and Hindi - have been widely acclaimed as the harbinger of awareness about the ideals of our freedom struggle.
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