Br Shenoy

Is Liberty Compatible with Social Justice?

The starting point, or at least a fundamental consideration for many schools of political thought is social justice. What makes a society just? And what are the means — the institutions and methods — by which justice can be instituted? What are the…

The Problem with State Capitalism

India is not a capitalist country. The necessary condition for capitalism is the private ownership of property and means of production — all other requirements either stem from that one condition, or are corollaries of it. India does have a system of private property…

#ThrowbackThursday: B R Shenoy — Planning and Social Justice (1961)

In this week’s selection for Throwback Thursday, we bring to you a piece by one of India’s most prominent free-market economists — B R Shenoy. In this article, originally published in ‘The Times of India’ in…

India’s Great Free-Market Economist

Today we bring you an interesting piece by Chandrasekaran Balakrishnan (Planning Commission, New Delhi) on B R Shenoy, first Indian economist to publish in an academic economics journal

India’s First Economist

By: B. Chandrasekaran (Economist, Planning Commission) & Vipin P. Veetil (Research Guide, CCS)

His articles do not figure in University of Delhi’s reading list and nearly none of the post-graduate students from India’s premiere economics research institute…