By Annavajhula J C Bose, PhD Department of Economics, SRCC Ha-Joon Chang, now with SOAS and earlier with Cambridge University Economics Department, is a very unassuming and friendly guy. I have had a memorable interaction with him. And like Robert Skidelsky, he is a great economics educator for the laypeople, the masses. A sharp, witty [...]
By Ashmita Chowdhury, Deputy Editor The Orange Economy refers to the economic dimensions of creativity—that is, the consumption, production and exchange of creative goods and services. It refrains from having a conclusive definition to avoid being antithetical to the very idea of creativity, however, in its essence, it banks on the creative and intellectual capital [...]
By Annavajhula J.C. Bose, PhD Department of Economics, SRCC The indigenous traditions and knowledge in South America, like Buddhism of Bhutan in South Asia, point to a credible alternative to Western development, focused on the good life or well-being in the broadest sense. The classical Western idea of development (industrialization) has become a zombie concept, [...]
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