Ajit Singh of Cambridge and Chandigarh An Intellectual Biography of the Radical Sikh Economist /

• Main Author: Saith, Ashwani (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Development economics.; Economic development.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Schools of economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Development Economics.; Development Studies.; Political Economy/Economic Systems.; Heterodox Economics.

This book examines the life and work of Ajit Singh (1940-2015), a leading radical post-Keynesian applied economist who made major contributions to the policy-oriented study of both developed and developing economies, and was a key figure in the life and evolution of the Cambridge Faculty of Economic...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Early Years: Forging the Imaginary
• 2. Washington, First Stop: Sikhism, Racism, and Steel
• 3. Berkeley, The Launch Pad
• 4. Cambridge: Home From Home
• 5. Faculty Wars
• 6. King of Queens'
• 7. Economics as Concentrated Politics
• 8. Punjab in the Soul
• 9. A Man For All Seasons
• 10. Cambridge to the End: The Final Battle.