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1. India, the Great Depression and Britain's demise as world capitalist leader / Utsa Patnaik -- 2. Illegal flows in India's BOP accounts : their components and impact on the economy / Arun Kumar -- 3. Some aspects of external dimensions of the Indian economy in the age of globalisation /...

This paper provides a survey of the literature on trade theory, from the classical example of comparative advantage to the New Trade theories currently used by many advanced countries to direct industrial policy and trade. An account is provided of the neo-classical brand of reciprocal demand...

Financialization creates space for the financial sector in economies, and in doing so helps to raise the share of financial assets in the portfolios held by market participants. Largely driven by deregulation, the process works to make financial assets relatively attractive as compared to other...