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016756
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New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, 2011.
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xii, 184pGreen Spine
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This book tells the story of how change took place over the last 60 years or so, when in 1952 Jawaharlal Nehru presented the nation with the First Five Year Plan with an investment plan of just Rs 2,070 crore (in comparison, the Tenth Plan 2002-2007 had an outlay of Rs 1,484,131 crore). It sifts through hard economic data, while bringing out the broad trend lines, without losing sight that economic development also has an underlying human dimension. Thus, at one level, the book traces the changes that impacted the people at a human level; at another, it takes the reader past the major milestones on the road to economic change over the last 60 years; not in a bookish way, but as a chronicle of national and individual aspirations and achievements
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9780070680692 Pb.
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| I00903 | 338.954/GUP | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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009892
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2009
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New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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xiv, 316pOrange Spine
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In this book "Levitt turns conventional economics on its head, stripping away the jargon and calculations of the 'experts' to explore the riddles of everyday life and examine topics such as: how chips are more likely to kill than a terrorist attack; why sportsmen cheat and how fraud can be spotted; why violent crime can be linked not to gun laws, policing or poverty, but to abortion ; how money affects elections ; and how the name you give your child can give them an advantage in later life. Ultimately, he shows us that economics is all about how people get what they want, and what makes them do it." -- book jacket.
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An explanatory note
Introduction: The hidden side of everything
What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real estate agents?
Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
Where have all the criminals gone?
What makes a perfect parent?
Perfect parenting, part II; or: Would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet?
Epilogue : Two paths to Harvard.
Bonus matter
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index
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9780061956270 Pb.
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018969
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London, Allen Lane, 2015.
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xxvi, 428pBlack spine
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Discusses the causes of inequality, including unjust and irresponsible economic policies and misguided priorities, and offers suggestions to help the United States become a more fair and equitable society.
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9780241202906 Hb.
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024509
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London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
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viii, 338pWhite spine
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Pilling argues that we need to measure our successes and failures using different criteria. While for economic growth, heroin consumption and prostitution are worth more than volunteer work or public services, in a rational world we would learn how to value what makes economies better, not just what makes them bigger. So much of what is important to our wellbeing, from clean air to safe streets and from steady jobs to sound minds, lies outside the purview of our standard measure of success. We prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs.
In prose that cuts through the complex language so often wielded by a priesthood of economists, Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies - and contributing to a rising mistrust of experts that is shaking the very foundations of our democracy.
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9789387146679 Pb.
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015427
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London, Penguin Books, 2010.
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xv, 270pWhite Spine
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The sequel to Freakonomics, this book questions our world even harder and uncovers more hidden truths, from terrorism to shark attacks, from cable TV to hurricanes.
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Putting the freak in economics
How is a street prostitue like a department-store Santa
Why should suicide bombers buy insurance?
Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism
The fix is in - and it's cheap and simple
What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?
Epilogue
Monkeys are people too
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9780141030708 Pb.
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