Economicsअर्थशास्त्र
Political economy, development, and the moral life of markets in India
This strand treats economics as a humanistic and historical discipline as much as an analytical one: it asks how colonial extraction, planning, poverty, and inequality have been measured, argued over, and lived through in the Indian subcontinent.
- 01
The Drain of Wealth: Colonial Political Economy
How Dadabhai Naoroji and the early nationalist economists built a quantitative and moral critique of British rule through the 'drain of wealth' thesis.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
- 02
Planning, the Mixed Economy, and the Idea of Development
The Nehruvian planning era, the Mahalanobis model, and debates over state-led industrialization versus agrarian priorities.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
- 03
Poverty, Famine, and Entitlements
Amartya Sen's entitlement theory of famine and the long history of measuring poverty and hunger in India.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
- 04
Informal Labour and the Structure of the Indian Economy
The overwhelming scale of India's informal workforce, migration patterns, and debates over labour statistics.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
- 05
The History of Economic Thought: From Smith to Ostrom
A comparative tour of the great traditions of economic theorizing — classical, Marxist, Keynesian, Austrian, and capability/commons approaches — and the historical crises that provoked them.
6 concepts · 5 sources · 3 exercises
- 06
Global Capitalism in Crisis: 1929, 1971, and 2008
How three world-shaping financial crises exposed the structural fault lines of global capitalism and reshaped international economic institutions.
5 concepts · 4 sources · 3 exercises
- 07
Development, Inequality, and Climate Economics in a Divided World
How global inequality, the economics of climate change, and competing development paradigms shape debates over who bears the costs of growth and decarbonization.
5 concepts · 5 sources · 3 exercises