Amiya Kumar Bagchi (1936 – 28 November 2024) was an Indian economic historian. [1] Bagchi earned his masters in economics at Presidency College, Kolkata, and his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1963. [2] .

Economic Development in South Asia: Proceedings of a Conference held by the …

Nov 28, 2024 · Professor Amiya Kumar Bagchi, who passed away on Thursday (November 28, 2024) evening, was one of the most outstanding economists, scholars, and public intellectuals of our time.

Jan 4, 2025 · In his first major work, Private Investment in India 1900-39 (1972), he showed the impact of British colonial rule on India’s overall economic development, sector by sector. Ten years later, The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (1982) extended his analysis from colonialism to neo-colonialism, and across the Third World.

Jan 26, 2020 · Perilous Passage is a global history and in many respects perhaps one of the first truly global histories of our epoch to appear. . . . Bagchi's Perilous Passage is a weapon in the intellectual arsenal of social justice activists everywhere. . . .

Dec 16, 2024 · Amiya Kumar Bagchi, who passed away just shy of 88, was a political economist known for his insightful analysis and passionate involvement in debates. He grounded his arguments in scholarly rigour—a crucial reminder amid today’s blurred lines between critique and academic discourse.

Kolkata: Towering Marxist economist and ideologue Amiya Kumar Bagchi breathed his last on Thursday, November 28, evening at a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 88. He is survived by two daughters, both of whom are also professors.

This book gives an overview of the problems of underdevelopment confronting third-world countries, making use of both Marxist and neo-Keynesian methods of analysis.

Amiya Kumar Bagchi's 42 research works with 119 citations and 7,766 reads, including: Developing Countries: The Legacy of Keynes and Post-Keynesian Economists

Jul 31, 2019 · Teaching economics in developing and other countries by Amiya Kumar Bagchi, 1994, United Nations, Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis edition, in English