Abstract
![CDATA[Meghnad Desai has had a distinguished career as an economist, a political scientist and a politician: he is a Renaissance man. He has published numerous books and academic papers on a variety of topics, including Marxian economics, agricultural economics, economic history, economic theory, development economics, macroeconomics, etc. Besides his academic interests, he has been involved in movies and theatre. Meghnad has always been concerned with social issues. He was born in India and did his undergraduate education in Bombay, his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania, and began his academic career in the Agricultural Department at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving to the London School of Economics (LSE). After retiring from LSE as Professor Emeritus, in 2015 he collaborated with some of his former students to set up an academic institution in Mumbai, India, the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics (MDAE).]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics |
| Editors | Robert A. Cord |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 791-804 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137582744 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137582737 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Desai
- Meghnad
- economists
- political scientists
- politicians
- college teachers