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Jagdish Bhagwati
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
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Jagdish Bhagwati: The Free Market and Morality
The Columbia University author and economist answers the Big Question, "Does the free market corrode moral character?" Read More
November 11, 2008 | In Belief, Science & Tech
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"Economics is a social science." Read More
January 1, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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How can we reduce poverty in the developing world?
There is no single magic bullet to reduce poverty in the developing world. Read More
December 31, 2007 | In World
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Jagdish Bhagwati Reveals the Problem With Foreign Aid
The Columbia economist on the problems with Jeffrey Sachs. Read More
December 31, 2007 | In World
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What is the world's greatest challenge in the coming decade?
Planning for panic. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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What are the pros and cons of globalization?
The pros and cons of an unstoppable phenomenon. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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How is technology changing the way we live?
There used to be twelve daily mail deliveries in London. On horseback, of course. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In Science & Tech
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Are global institutions up to the challenges of globalization?
NGOs are getting too big for their britches. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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Can the policies that worked for India work in Africa? Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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China in a flat world. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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Jagdish Bhagwati on Fixing the Rest of the World's Economic Systems
Jagdish Bhagwati on fixing the economies of non G-20 nations. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Is free trade fair trade? Read More
November 17, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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How has India changed in your lifetime?
Bhagwati, on pre-independence Mumbai. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In World
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Democracy matters. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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How do we blend altruism and efficiency? Read More
November 17, 2007 | In History
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Economics is about the amelioration of the human condition. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Growing up in Mumbai, Bhagwati read a skillion books. Read More
November 17, 2007 | In History
One of the most influential trade theorists of his generation, Jagdish Bhagwati is a professor of economics at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1991-1993 Bhagwati was an Economic Policy Advisor to Arthur Dunkel, the Director of GATT. For the World Trade Organization, he has been an External Advisor to the WTO and has served on the Expert Group on the Future of the WTO appointed by the Director General. Bhagwati has been a Special Advisor to the UN on Globalization. He was also on the Advisory Committee to Secretary General Kofi Annan on the NEPAD process in Africa, and a member of the Eminent Persons Group under the chairmanship of President Fernando Henrique Cartoso on the future of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Bhagwati is the recipient of several prizes and honorary degrees, including Gold and Silver Stars from Japan's Order of the Rising Sun and the Padma Vibhushan from the government of India. The author and/or editor of over fifty volumes and over three hundred articles, Bhagwati's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New Republic and The Times Literary Supplement. He founded the Journal of International Economics in 1971 and another journal, Economics & Politics, in 1989.
His most recent books are In Defense of Globalization (2004) and Free Trade Today (2002); his early books, particularly India: Planning for Industrialization (1970) and India (1975) opened the doors for current economic reform in India; on these reforms he was advisor to India's Finance Minister, now Prime Minister.
Bhagwati has delivered lectures at many top educational institutions and appeared on television shows including the MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, the Charlie Rose Show and Bloomberg. He is a director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, on the board of the Academic Advisory Board of Human Rights Watch, Asia and on the Council of the Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency. The recipient of many awards, among them the Mahalanobis Memorial Medal, the Bernhard Harms Prize, the Kenan Prize, the John R. Commons Award, the Freedom Prize and the Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy, he has been awarded honorary degrees from several universities.
Jagdish Bhagwati graduated from Cambridge University in 1956 and continued his studies at MIT and Oxford. Before joining the faculty at Columbia, he was a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, the Delhi School of Economics, and MIT.
