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      Reason to Be Happy

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      How to use logic to solve everyday problems and think your way to a better life, by one of the world's leading economists.

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      Reason to Be Happy

      Kaushik Basu

      How to use logic to solve everyday problems and think your way to a better life, by one of the world's leading economists.

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      The Retreat of Democracy and Other Itinerant Essays on Globalization, Economics, and India

      Kaushik Basu

      ‘The Retreat of Democracy’ presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu’s best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.

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      The Retreat of Democracy and Other Itinerant Essays on Globalization, Economics, and India

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      ‘The Retreat of Democracy’ presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu’s best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.

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      Analytical Development Economics: The Less Developed Economy Revisited

      Kaushik Basu

      This work is a revision of Basu’s The Less Developed Economy: A Critique of Contemporary Theory . The new edition incorporates recent theoretical advances in its comprehensive treatment of the…

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      The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law The Republic of Beliefs argues that the traditional economic analysis of the law has significant…

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      Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      Prelude to Political Economy suggests a new approach to law and economics and to the state, and addresses important questions such as whether the state should guarantee freedom of speech…

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      Collected Papers In Theoretical Economics: Economic Policy and Its Theoretical Bases

      Kaushik Basu

      This book is a collection of the author's papers written over the last decade that broadly span over the area of economic theory for policymaking and is an addition to…

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      Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      One of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith’s proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated…

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      The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law The Republic of Beliefs argues that the traditional economic analysis of the law has significant…

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      Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      The field of development economics has witnessed major changes over the last tow or three decades. From being a largely descriptive discipline, it has now become much more rigorous and…

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      Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics: Welfare, Law, and Globalization

      Kaushik Basu

      This is the third volume of Kaushik Basu’s collected papers. Their focus is on welfare economics and law, and applications to the world of policymaking, in particular, the design of…

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      An Economist’s Miscellany

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      This eclectic collection of popular writings - short essays, two translated Bengali short stories, and a play - presents reflections on the world of academe, politics, and policy by a…

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      Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics

      Kaushik Basu

      Prelude to Political Economy suggests a new approach to law and economics and to the state, and addresses important questions such as whether the state should guarantee freedom of speech…

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      Agrarian Structure And Economi

      Kaushik Basu

      A volume in the economic development studies section of this series, discussing the relationship between agrarian institutions and economic development and efficiency. Dr Basu is an associate editor of the…

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      An Economist in the Real World: The Art of Policymaking in India

      Kaushik Basu (The World Bank)

      An economist’s perspective on the nuts and bolts of economic policymaking, based on his experience as the Chief Economic Adviser in India.

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      The Concise Oxford Companion to Economics in India

      This concise and reader-friendly volume provides a comprehensive and updated account of the trends and issues across various sectors of the Indian economy. A statistical appendix gives a snapshot of…

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      Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption

      Yet time and again we have seen such effort foild or diminished by corruption and leakage. The creation of good governance and institutions and structures to combat corruption require determination…

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      Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption

      Yet time and again we have seen such effort foild or diminished by corruption and leakage. The creation of good governance and institutions and structures to combat corruption require determination…

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      Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

      This volume of essays, written in honor of Amartya Sen, covers the range of contributions that Sen has made to knowledge. They are written by some of the world’s leading…

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      Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

      This volume of essays, written in honor of Amartya Sen, covers the range of contributions that Sen has made to knowledge. They are written by some of the world’s leading…

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      Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

      This two volume set of essays, written in honor of Amartya Sen, covers the range of contributions that Sen has made to knowledge. They are written by some of the…

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      Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy: Volume I: Concepts and Analysis

      The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality, dissect the phenomenal increase in inequality that we have seen occur in recent…

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      Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy: Volume I: Concepts and Analysis

      The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality, dissect the phenomenal increase in inequality that we have seen occur in recent…

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      Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy: Volume II: Regions and Regularities

      It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however…

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      Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy: Volume II: Regions and Regularities

      It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however…

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      Law, Economics, and Conflict

      Kaushik Basu

      In Law, Economics, and Conflict, Kaushik Basu and Robert C. Hockett bring together international experts to offer new perspectives on how to take analytic tools from the realm of academic…

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      Law, Economics, and Conflict

      Kaushik Basu

      In Law, Economics, and Conflict, Kaushik Basu and Robert C. Hockett bring together international experts to offer new perspectives on how to take analytic tools from the realm of academic…

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      Interdisciplinary approaches to literacy and development

      This book aims to create a space for new interdisciplinary debate in this area, through bringing together contributions on literacy and development from the fields of education, literacy studies, anthropology…

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      Interdisciplinary approaches to literacy and development

      This book aims to create a space for new interdisciplinary debate in this area, through bringing together contributions on literacy and development from the fields of education, literacy studies, anthropology…

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      International Labor Standards: History, Theories and Policy Options

      This work addresses the controversial call for international labour standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards.

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      International Labor Standards: History, Theories and Policy Options

      This work addresses the controversial call for international labour standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards.

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      An Economist’s Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill

      Kaushik Basu (Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University)

      An Economist’s Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill brings together an eclectic collection of writings on the world of academe, politics, policy, travel, and…

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      Development, Distribution, and Markets

      This volume is a testament to the breadth and policy relevance of development economics today. It grapples with questions on how to design anti-poverty policies and under what conditions we…

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      The State of Economics, the State of the World

      Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises.

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