Gandhi's Economic Thought (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics, 10)

✍ Scribed by Ajit K Dasgupta

Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 219
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Gandhi's economic theories were a part of his vision of self-government, which meant not just freedom from colonial rule but the achievement of self-reliance and self-respect by the villagers of India. Areas examined include: * consumption behaviour * industrialization, technology and the scale of production * trusteeship and industrial relations * work and leisure * education as human capital

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Utopia and reality in Gandhian economics......Page 13
Gandhi's religion......Page 14
Economics and ethics......Page 17
Gandhi and ethical theory......Page 18
PREFERENCE, UTILITY AND WELFARE......Page 24
The limitation of wants......Page 25
Ethical preferences and Swadeshi......Page 32
Altruism and charity......Page 41
Work, leisure and the doctrine of bread-labour......Page 47
RIGHTS......Page 55
Rights and duties......Page 56
Some specific cases......Page 57
A resolution on rights......Page 61
A summing up......Page 64
INDUSTRIALISATION, TECHNOLOGY AND THE SCALE OF PRODUCTION......Page 75
The case against industrialisation......Page 79
Some qualifications......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 91
INEQUALITY......Page 99
Economic inequality......Page 102
Inequality, untouchability and the caste system......Page 104
Gender inequality......Page 115
THE THEORY OF TRUSTEESHIP......Page 129
Trusteeship and the law of trusts......Page 134
Trusteeship and industrial relations......Page 136
Trusteeship and landlordism......Page 137
Conclusion......Page 140
EDUCATION......Page 143
Aims of education......Page 147
Nayee Talim......Page 151
Why schools should be self-supporting......Page 154
Higher education......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 161
SPECIAL TOPICS......Page 166
Gandhi's predecessors......Page 174
THE LEGACY OF GANDHI......Page 185
Ethics and economics......Page 187
Gandhi and rural development......Page 189
Some methodological issues......Page 192
Notes......Page 195
Index......Page 214

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