Essays in economics and other cheerful themes :
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Subramanian, S.
Essays in economics and other cheerful themes : a dismal scientist’s occasional reflections of the world around him / by S. Subramanian.- New Delhi:Sage Publications,2014.
xxiii,203p.;22cm(Hb)
content:Well-being and the world today -- Global poverty, inequality, and aid flows : a rough guide to some simple justice -- The status of the child in India -- Human development and human rights -- Inclusive development and the quintile income statistic -- Reprisal without rectitude -- Moral catastrophes and immoral reasoning -- Looking back and ahead -- Examining the creamy layer principle -- On headcount poverty comparisons -- Thinking through justice -- Are egalitarians really vulnerable to the levelling-down objection and the divided -- Can we possibly subscribe to both liberty and equality at one and the same time? -- A curmudgeon’s complaints -- Jai ho, jeeves! an advanced sociological analysis of slumdog millionaire -- Language and representation or, more modestly, mathematical economics and poverty -- Writing economics in exactly 300 words: two samples in the tradition of J.B. Morton (beachcomber).
ISBN:9788132113737 Rs. 850.00
DBAD/PUB /ENG-112095/ EN-95627 / 850.00 /sign