The collected works of A.K. Dasgupta. Volume III, Essays in planning and public policy /
Essays in planning and public policy
collated and edited by Alaknanda Patel.
- xlix, 589 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Prologue -- 3. The Early Years - War and Post-War Inflation -- 4. Economic Planning in India -- 5. Public Finance -- 6. Economic Development and Foreign Trade -- 7. International Economic Relations -- 8. Gandhian Economics -- 9. Teaching Economics -- 10. Reviews and Reminiscences -- -- Introduction: I.G. Patel -- -- Prologue -- A Bird's Eye View of the Development of Economic Theory -- The Relevance of Economic Science -- The Purpose of Economic Theory -- Disguised Unemployment and Economic Development -- Disguised Unemployment and Economic Development: A Rejoinder -- A Framework of Economic Planning for India -- Trade Theory and Commercial Policy -- Democracy, Socialism and Planning -- Planning Under Democracy -- Relevance of Gandhi -- Contemporary Crisis and the Search for a Sane Society -- -- The Early Years - War and Post-War Inflation -- Some Observations on the High Price of Food-Grains in India -- The Economics of Restrictionism -- The Indian Fiscal Policy -- On the Probable Consequences of the Cessation of Hostilities on India's Economy -- War and Post-War Inflation in India -- Whither Rupee? -- Devaluation of the Rupee -- Economic Consequences of the Partition -- -- Economic Planning in India -- The Ratio Between Capital and Income -- Conditions of a Constant ratio -- Planned Economic Development and Relative Prices -- Reflections on 'Take-Off' -- Economic Planning in India -- Note on the Objectives, etc. of the Second Five-Year Plan -- A Note on Deficit Financing -- Deficit Financing and the Second Five-Year Plan -- Socialistic Pattern of Society and the Second Five-Year Plan -- The Plan and the Budget -- A Plea for a Bolder Plan -- Approach to India's Third Five Year Plan -- Preconditions of Sustained Growth of the Indian Economy: A Symposium -- Introduction to the Third Plan -- The Fourth Five Year Plan -- Plan Priorities: Some Basic Issues -- -- Public Finance -- Impact of Chinese Aggression on India's Economy -- Defence Finance: Compulsory Savings for the Poor -- Compulsory Savings Scheme for the Poor: Reply -- Thoughts on Public Finance -- Tax Concession as a Remedy for Evasion -- Tax Concessions, Equity and Growth -- Third Central Pay Commission: Note of Dissent -- -- Economic Development and Foreign Trade -- Effect of an Investment Programme on Foreign Exchange Reserves -- India's Foreign Economic Policy -- The Relation of Foreign Aid to Home Investment -- Commercial Policy and Economic Growth -- Foreign Balance in a Developing Economy -- Export Promotion through Devaluation -- On Devaluation of the Rupee -- Devaluation: A Postscript -- -- International Economic Relations -- Discriminatory Restrictions and the Dollar Gap -- International Economic Imbalance -- The Problem of International Economic Order -- New International Economic Order: The North-South Debate -- -- Gandhian Economics -- Gandhi on Social Conflict -- The Economics of Austerity -- The Rationale of Gandhian Economics -- -- Teaching Economics -- The Teaching of Economics -- Methodology of Economic Research -- The Economic Adviser -- Over-Full Employment in the Economists' Sector -- Economists and the Government -- Reflections on Higher Education in India in the Light of the Robbins Report -- On Higher Education in India -- The Language Problem -- -- Reviews and Reminiscences -- Sachin Chaudhuri -- Birendranath Ganguli,1902-1978 -- Lord Robbins -- Why Lament for Economics? The Common Man -- What I Saw in Paris. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The third of the three, this volume brings a collection of essays, articles, reviews, and reminiscences written over a span of more than six decades. It bears the stamp of the author's unique views on the development of economic thought and its relevance to the real world. The essays are divided into seven segments broadly discussing war and post-war inflation, international economic relations, public finance in India, planning as the instrument for mobilization of resources for economic development, unemployment, and Gandhian economics etc. "--Publisher's website.