Poverty Of Economics: India And The Poverty Dilemma

Poverty of Economics discusses some serious misgivings in modern economics regarding analysis of poverty in poor countries. The work, in fact, is a study of wealth, not of poverty. It traces paradigms more suited to the agricultural and rural economies based neither on Keynesian short-term rules of social investment for kicking up a slumping capital market, nor the re-energised competitive, export-oriented reforms. The book argues for a moderate non-capital route, which is partly welfarist, partly socialist, but basically ethical.
About Author :
Krishna Kishore Sinha did his MA in Economics in 1954 and PHD in 1964 (evaluated by Ursual Hicks of Oxford). He taught in College of Commerce, Patna, for forty years. He has worked as Dy Director of a project sponsored by the Planning Commission on Urbaniztion and Growth, and as Director, Bihar Project on Status of Panchayats sponsored by ISS, Delhi, (1993-95).
Contents :
Preface Acknowledgements Poverty of Economics: an Overview Marx and Gandhi: Their Poverty Perspective Corruption, Crime and Poverty Locating Poverty: Area and Class Whither Anti-poverty Schemes? Organising the Poor Spatial Inequality and Poverty: Towns versus Villages A Field Study of Poverty (Bihar): Concluding Notes Appendix Index