The recent election results have once again shown that economic growth alone does not guarantee electoral victory. Pranab ...

Pranab Bardhan calls his latest book Charaiveti an “academic’s quasi-memoir”. It’s not so much about himself as about people he’s known, places he’s been, and interesting times he’s witnessed, like ...

HOUSTON, September 30, 2010 — Economist Pranab Bardhan sought to dampen optimism about China's and India's explosive growth, arguing that current economic statistics can be misleading and that ...

People all over the world feel economically and culturally insecure. Indian economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing ...

Pranab Bardhan: While India’s business-politics nexus has existed for many decades, corporate concentration and the dominance of some favored oligarchs have become more egregious under Modi. This has ...

In this wide-ranging scholarly treatise, UC Berkeley economist Bardhan (Indian Polity and Economy) examines why countries around the world are falling for “the siren song of authoritarianism” and ...

The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata did what it has done best for nearly a century on its 95th Foundation Day — it brought ideas, people and different disciplines under one roof for ...

Sandeep Dikshit Though a memoir by a development economist and social scientist, the book’s title may not prompt impulsive, off-the-shelf purchase. It would be better to tabulate what the book is not ...

The Bridge Federation of India (BFI) is not surprised by the omission of 2018 Asian Games gold medal winners Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar from the Arjuna awards list this year, saying they knew ...

China's and India's emerging status as economic powerhouses dominates headlines and promises to alter the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century. Already the two countries account for one-fifth of ...