The FSLRC's far-reaching recommendations seek a fundamental redesign of India's historically evolved financial regulatory framework in favour of a liberalised financial sector.

The current global recession has not witnessed price fall like the Great Depression because globalisation has altered the dynamics of the components determining prices.

The recent tragedy in the garment factory of Bangladesh follows a series of such unfortunate events which are a result of the exploitative nexus of the global garment industry.

The highhandedness shown by the troika (EU, ECB and IMF) in the case of Cyprus once again shows how the core in Europe is pushing the costs of adjustment to the periphery.

The key areas of focus of the UN SG's Panel of Eminent Person discussions on the post-MDG Agenda failed to take into account the basic issues raised by global voices.

The article discusses the political economy configurations that permit rising grain exports from India, even as domestic food prices spiral out of the reach of ordinary people.

Even as the value of global financial assets has fallen sharply since 2007, it may be essential to shrink it further to make the financial system fulfil its basic tasks.

A group of economists, academics and development experts jointly appeals for putting inequality at the heart of any potential post-2015 framework to be discussed in Bali.

Amidst the ongoing global financial crisis, a potential financial market threat is looming in China which is based on ''shadow banking'' lending to the real estate sector.

Despite fiscal austerity measures proving to be counterproductive in dealing with economic contractions worldwide, the Indian government is poised to implement similar policies.

The rising tide of litigation against US credit ratings agencies could help resolve the conflict of interest involved in basing financial regulation on the ratings system.

David Cameron's strategy of engagement with India is based on the continuation of an Indian economic strategy that has lost its legitimacy within the country.

Unless the European authorities reverse course, leaving the euro may end up as the only sensible option for Greece- not only economically but politically as well.

The author reviews the book 'Poor Economics' by Abhijit Bannerjee and Esther Duflo in the Review of Agrarian Studies.