IIMA - Economic Sutra: Ancient Indian Antecedents to Economic Thought

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Author(s): Satish Y Deodhar
Publisher: Penguin Portfolio
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: 167

Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 15
1. A Curtain Raiser: Ancient Indian Texts and History......Page 21
2. Early Economic Thought I: Desires, Wealth, Price, Taxes and Charity......Page 37
3. Early Economic Thought II: State Policies, Guilds and Eminent Domain......Page 55
4. Early Economic Thought III: Division of Labour, Varna and Jati......Page 70
5. Kautilya’s Thought I: Economics, Public Goods and Public Finance......Page 89
6. Kautilya’s Thoughts II: Markets, Prices, Interest and Wages......Page 106
7. Concluding Observations......Page 119
Crossword Puzzle......Page 127
Notes......Page 130
Bibliography......Page 139
Acknowledgements......Page 162
Follow Penguin......Page 165
Copyright......Page 167