Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
1. Elé Belé: The Subversion of Democracy | 11
2. The Retreat of Global Democracy | 15
3. Child Labour and International Labour Standards | 21
4. International Labour Standards: A View from the Tropics | 31
5. Labour vs. Labour: The Politics of Business Outsourcing | 36
6. The Politics of Economics | 42
7. Groucho Marx and Global Currency Flows | 46
8. From Cowries to the Euro: Towards a One-Currency World | 49
9. The WTO and North–South Bargains | 52
10. Globalization and the Politics of International Finance: The Stiglitz Verdict | 56
11. Jakotra Village, Santalpur Taluka: Debating Globalization | 85
12. India at Fifty and the Road Ahead | 97
13. The Indian Economy: Take-off and Strategic Policy Issues | 105
14. Has Poverty Declined in India? | 114
15. Infant Mortality and the Anti-Female Bias | 118
16. Labour Laws and the Role of Contracts | 122
17. The Reform of Small Things | 134
18. Is India’s e-Economy for Real? | 140
19. India’s Trade Policy and the WTO | 144
20. The Coming Textile Turmoil | 147
21. Social Norms, Law, and Economics | 153
22. Methodological Individualism in the Social Sciences | 168
23. Left Politics and Modern Economics | 176
24. Hung Parliament: A Voting Scheme for Preventing It | 179
25. Money, Music, and Harmony | 182
26. Rules of Engagement | 185
27. The Enigma of Advertising | 188
28. The Truth About Lying | 191
29. Rationality: New Research in Psychology and Economics | 194
30. Higher and Lower Education | 198
31. Amartya Sen | 205
32. John Nash: Paranoid, Schizophrenic, Nobel Laureate | 214
33. Nobel for Market Failures: Akerlof, Spence, and Stiglitz | 217
34. Nietzsche Century | 220
35. Notarizing in Delhi | 225
36. Traveller’s Bihar | 228
37. Tango of Two Currencies: Buenos Aires | 231
38. A Vietnam Diary | 234
39. South Africa: Zebra Country | 237
40. North Meets South: In and Around Bangalore | 241
41. Muito Obrigado, Portugal | 247
42. Queuing in Kolkata and Delhi | 250
43. Viewing Bengal from Bankura | 257
44. Loitering in Lahore | 261
45. Thinking about Currencies in Kathmandu | 265
| Author | Article | Subject | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaushik Basu | Globalization - Economic aspects, India - Economic conditions - 1991, Democracy - Economic conditions, Economic policy |
