Economics

B. R. Shenoy: India’s Experience with Central Planning

ABSTRACT

This conference looked at the history of India's experience with central planning through the eyes of one of its chief critics, B. R. Shenoy, one of the very few (along with P. T. Bauer and Milton Friedman), who saw the folly of central economic planning in their day.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Friedman, Milton. Friedman on India. Edited by Parth J. Shah. New Delhi: Centre for Civil Society, 2000.

Shenoy, B. R. Economic Prophecies. Edited by R. K. Amin and Parth J. Shah. New Delhi: Centre for Civil Society, 2004.

Balakrishnan, Chandrasekaran. “India’s Great Free-Market Economist.” Mises Daily (Ludwig von Mises Institute) (July 5 2011): 1-2.

Bauer, P. T. United States Aid and Indian Economic Development. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Association, 1959.

Bauer, Peter. “B. R. Shenoy: Stature and Impact.” Cato Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1998): 1-10.

Shenoy, B. R. Some Basic Economic Ideas of Professor B. R. Shenoy. Mumbai: Economic Research Centre, 1998.

Shenoy, B. R. Theoretical Vision. Edited by R. K. Amin and Parth J. Shah. New Delhi: Centre for Civil Society, 2004.

Shenoy, B. R. India’s Food Problem. Mumbai: Forum of Free Enterprise, 1973.

Udeshi, K. J. “Economic Reforms and the Relevance of Professor B. R. Shenoy [Birth Centenary Memorial Lecture of Prof. B. R. Shenoy].” Economic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, June 4, 2007.