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Investment Criteria

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:54:16 +0000

The most preferable way of dealing with ones residual income is to save it. One can keep that tucked away at a corner of almirah and forget about it. But then, this is not a good way of dealing with ones savings.The reason is that the money you hold in your hand also has its value . . . → Read More: Investment Criteria

Finance and Profits

Anup Mukherjee — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:33:43 +0000

For some years now, I had wanted to read this book Finance and Profits by N.J. Yasaswy, but could mange only some extracts. By this time, this edition of the book that I have, is nearly 15 years old. So, I decided, that I should read it at least now. In the field of finance, the . . . → Read More: Finance and Profits

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:30:19 +0000

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA]

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Imperial Issues & Economic Consequences:

Britain in India was the significant central power. It was . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:24:36 +0000

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A major critique of the drain by the Nationalists was built around the issue . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:03:35 +0000

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Another important aspect of the economic exploitation was the process of deindustrialisation. Certain western . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:00:48 +0000

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The Drain of Wealth Theory:

The Drain of Wealth theory is a set of . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)

Market Practices

Anup Mukherjee — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:50:36 +0000

This might sound a simple and small thing, but is quite symptomatic on how a free market mechanism punishes the bad trader, and at the same time how a a cartelised market is a bad place to shop.

A week back I had gone to the vegetable market, and at one shop there was good potatoes – . . . → Read More: Market Practices

Patent

Anup Mukherjee — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:35:55 +0000

A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York.

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The word ‘Patent’ is derived from the Latin word patere, which means to be open or public. Patent is a form of intellectual property right (IPR). The intellectual property can be broadly classified . . . → Read More: Patent

Indian Ocean Trade

Anup Mukherjee — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:28:09 +0000

A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York.

The Indian Ocean trade network spans from east coast of Africa through Middle East to western and eastern India and then on through Burma to the different islands of Southeast Asian . . . → Read More: Indian Ocean Trade

ASEAN

Anup Mukherjee — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:16:29 +0000

A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York.

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) came to existence consequent to the Bangkok declaration of Aug 8, 1967. The declaration stated that the “Association represents the collective will of the nations of . . . → Read More: ASEAN

Neoliberalism and Neoliberal Economics

Anup Mukherjee — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:32:54 +0000

Neoliberalism is revival and extension of classical liberalism, neo-classical economics and policies of lassez-faire in its more orthodox, global and trans-national reach. At a conceptual level, it is an extension of the core values of liberal ideology- individual freedom, private property, free competition, and self-regulating market. This way, . . . → Read More: Neoliberalism and Neoliberal Economics