Economics in Arthasastra
Contents: Preface. 1. Economics in Arthasastra: an overview/Raj Kumar Sen and Ratan Lal Basu. I. General issues of current relevance: 2. Arthasastra and its modern relevance/L.K. Jha. 3. Arthasastra and its relevance/S.D. Chamola. 4. Arthasastra and a basis for economic science?/Clem Tisdell. 5. Economic thought in Kautilya's economics/M.G. Basava Raja. 6. Relevance of Arthasastra in modern times/M.R. Veerabhadraswamy. 7. Arthasastra and Hindu equilibrium/Lawson R. Smith. 8. Kautilya and Thiruvalluvar: economic ideas/Felix Raj. II. Business management, guilds and price policy: 9. Arthasastra and the science of management/S.D. Chamola. 10. Management concepts in the Arthasastra/S. Revathy. 11. Business management according to Kautilya/M.N. Joshi. 12. Guilds as corporate organisation in ancient India/Ratul Mahanta. 13. Crisis from administered price policy in India--Kautilya, the Saviour/Ratan Lal Basu. III. Foreign trade and globalisation: 14. Foreign trade during Kautilya's time/M.K. Sridhar. 15. Socio-economic and spiritual basis of Arthasastra/Lallan Prasad. IV. Public finance, economic justice and market: 16. Public finance in Kautilya's works/P.R. Panchamukhi. 17. Principles of revenue generation in Arthasastra/C. Rajendran. 18. Kautilya's methods to meet budget deficit/Raj Kumar Sen. 19. Economic justice in Arthasastra/Aribam Khogendra Sharma Shastri. 20. The state and market in Arthasastra/G.V. Joshi. Index.
""Economics in Arthasastra" is an edited volume of about 20 articles dealing with the economic content of Arthasastra by Kautilya written more than two thousand years ago in India. This volume has been prepared with a specific objective to bring into limelight the fact that economics as a subject was evolved in India much earlier than the present western ideas on economic thinking. It will also explode the myth that quite a few western addicted persons feel that there is no proper economic content in Arthasastra.
It is expected that this book will rekindle the motivation of the researchers to look back to the wonder that was India in order to press forward for an India shining in the near future. Let economic wisdom of the past guide the route to the economy of the years to come." (jacket)
