Prabhat Patnaik

The writer is former professor of economics at JNU, Delhi.

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Prabhat Patnaik writes on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: A communist firstSubscriber Only

August 10,2024 11:49:03 AM

The trajectory of his political career is inseparable from the history of the Left Front in West Bengal

Mon, Aug 12, 2024

The budget has ignored the poorSubscriber Only

February 03,2022 04:15:21 AM

Prabhat Patnaik writes: It has blithely ignored the economy’s travails and provided neither stimulus nor succour to those in distress

Thu, Feb 03, 2022

How the fear of imperial encirclement has driven the Chinese Communist PartySubscriber Only

July 07,2021 03:00:37 AM

Prabhat Patnaik writes: Its development strategy since the 1980s has not been oriented towards building socialism, but towards turning China into a big power.

Wed, Jul 07, 2021

Why privatising public assets is poor economics, impetus to greater wealth inequalitySubscriber Only

March 25,2021 03:01:01 AM

The only difference between a fiscal deficit and selling public assets lies in the nature of the government paper that is handed to the private sector, but the macroeconomic consequences of a fiscal deficit on the economy are no different from those of selling public assets.

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

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Covid-19 crisis calls for universal delivery of food and cash transfers by the stateSubscriber Only

April 27,2020 00:36:07 AM

In these dire circumstances, it is essential for the state to directly provide the basic means of survival to anyone who needs it. This must be in both cash and kind.

Mon, Apr 27, 2020

If states consider an order to be against Constitution, they can’t be obliged to act upon itSubscriber Only

January 23,2020 00:23:00 AM

Making unclear statements about state governments being duty-bound to implement CAA may be construed as showing disregard for people’s struggle.

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

For Gandhi, nationalism was based on understanding what was required for people to be freeSubscriber Only

October 05,2019 04:00:37 AM

He was not a socialist but, in common with the socialists, he believed that capitalism could never solve the problem of unemployment, and the mental dullness it produced.

Sat, Oct 05, 2019

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More of the dismal sameSubscriber Only

July 08,2019 01:42:19 AM

The budget needed to break new ground, provide a thrust to a slowing economy. This budget lacks innovation.

Mon, Jul 08, 2019

The boundaries of welfareSubscriber Only

February 04,2019 01:03:44 AM

Interim budget indicates that the government’s electoral strategy is to win over the ‘intermediate classes’ while ignoring the poor.

Mon, Feb 04, 2019

Missing the wood for the treesSubscriber Only

November 06,2018 00:18:24 AM

Debate around RBI-government stand-off ignores the structural cause behind India’s economic woes: Interest rates as an instrument cannot achieve multiple, contradictory goals.

Tue, Nov 06, 2018

The equilibrium mirageSubscriber Only

September 25,2018 00:38:45 AM

Government must intervene to control the slide of the rupee, stem its inflationary consequences.

Tue, Sep 25, 2018

Eminent scholar and Marxist economist Ashok Mitra dead

Wisdom, For The PeopleSubscriber Only

May 02,2018 00:07:22 AM

Ashok Mitra’s achievements in both academia and public life made him exceptional

Wed, May 02, 2018

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In the wake of TripuraSubscriber Only

March 06,2018 01:11:17 AM

The Left is being pushed to the margins. It must mobilise secular, democratic elements to fight Hindutva forces

Tue, Mar 06, 2018

Site of StruggleSubscriber Only

February 17,2018 02:00:16 AM

Accessible and lucid, Rajeev Dhavan’s book argues that the content of the Constitution is the product of multiple contestations

Sat, Feb 17, 2018

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Salt to the woundSubscriber Only

February 09,2017 00:00:17 AM

Government could have undone the damage of demonetisation through the budget. The opportunity has been missed in deference to the whims of global finance.

Thu, Feb 09, 2017