현대 인도사회를 경제적 관점으로 해석한 책이 나왔다.

캐나다 오타와주 칼레톤대학 경제학과 교수 Vivek Dehejia 와 월스트리트 저널 인디아의 저널리스트 Rupa Subramanya 는 다양한 현대인도사회의 단면들을 경제적인 관점으로 분석을 시도하고 있다.

 

 

Indianomix : Making Sense of Modern India
Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya

Published by Random House India in December 2012, Rs 399 hardback
'This is economics and game theory as great entertainment!' Gurcharan Das
Have capitalism and the market economy made Indians more apathetic and uncaring?
Do seatbelt laws save lives in India?
What if India hadn’t been ruled by the British?
What was the real reason for the BJP’s defeat in the 2004 election?
Why did Nehru ignore the Chinese threat in the lead-up to the 1962 war and how does this relate to why people risk their lives to cross railway tracks in Mumbai?
Is India really among the most dangerous places in the world for women?
Do dictatorships really deliver better economic growth than democracies?
What role do culture and religion play in the modern economy?
In Indianomix, Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya focus the lens of popular social-science on the confusing mass that is India. Using the methods and tools of economics, as well as borrowing from fields as varied as psychology, anthropology, political science, sociology, and religious studies, Indianomix examines a wide range of historical and contemporary questions to provide a unique, fresh insight into the country. In the process, Dehejia and Subramanya find answers to entangled questions and discover new angles to old mysteries.
Written with sharp, insightful and humorous prose, Indianomix reveals how life’s everyday situations – even something as simple as trying to flag down a taxi – can be better explained when you analyse them with an economic outlook. It isn’t about figuring out where the stock market is heading, what the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy should be or providing a dissertation on the need for economic reforms. Instead it is about debunking myths and calling into question bits of conventional wisdom about India – and showing that when you dig down into the deeper mechanisms hidden below all the confusing patterns in the country, India makes sense after all.
Pithy, accessible and entertaining, Indianomix illuminates India’s unseen realities in a remarkably original, unconventional way.

“...definitely nothing like any 'India' book you've read so far. Mixing Mythology with Mathematics; Economics with Effervescence the authors bring you a multi-disciplinary narrative that still never loses its levity and sense of humour. Indianomix teaches you things you never knew and makes you question the things you thought you knew well. An unusual, enjoyable India book.”

Barkha Dutt

'Anyone who thought economists were dull people won't do so after reading this book. [It] holds the reader's attention like a Sherlock Holmes mystery novel' 

Arvind Panagariya

'A book which must certainly be read by anyone wanting to know what Indians are really about'

Pavan K. Varma