CONTENTS:- Introduction; 1. Economics of ignorance/Satyendra Nath Sen; 2. Some methodological questions in economics/Amiya Kumar Dasgupta; 3. Economics--retrospect and prospect/Panchanan Chakrabartty; 4. Economics since 1930s and the Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad/Bhabatosh Datta; 5. Economic thought and economic policy in West Bengal/S.R. Sen; 6. Diminishing role of the state in economic development/Nabagopal Das; 7. Transfer of science and technology in agriculture/Karunamoy Mukerji; 8. What is economic justice?/Dhires Bhattacharyya; 9. Quantitative information in macro-economics/M. Mukherjee; 10. Theories of stages of development/Amlan Datta; 11. Reflections on socialist and capitalist systems/Ambika Ghosh; 12. On reviewing economics of socialism/Santosh Bhattacharyya; 13. On backward castes and women/Amita Dutta; 14. Role of the state in the economy/Ajit Sengupta; 15. Capital theory and the rate of interest/Arun Ghosh; 16. Classical and neo-classical monetary theory/Hirendra Nath Roy; 17. Efficiency, equity and expenditure on education/Tapas Majumdar; 18. Organic composition of skill/S.R. Dutta Gupta; 19. Changing perception of nature in economic thought/Deb Kumar Bose; 20. On poverty in India/Santikumar Ghosh; 21. In quest of theory for a country in crisis/Ajit Narayan Basu; 22. I.T. revolution and theory of rational expectations/Alak Ghosh; 23. Vision 2020/S.P. Gupta; 24. The human factor in economic development/Manjula Bose; 25. Conceptual issues in sustainable development/Subrata Gupta;
DESCRIPTION
Economic Theories and Empirical Issues is a collection of 25 addresses delivered by the Conference Presidents of the Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad (Bengal Economic association) during its first 25 Annual Conferences (1981-2005). These addresses cover varied areas consisting of both theoretical thoughts and empirical issues that confronted in this period, which are not only regional in character pertaining to West Bengal only but also are national and global in many cases. One can get an idea how leading economists from West Bengal expressed their thoughts over this period covering quarter of a century. An introduction to these 25 addresses is hereby given in their chronological order in the following paragraphs from which the reader may obtain a birds' eye view of their contents.
