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Kaushik Basu (born 9 January 1952) is an Indian economist who is currently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and is also the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics and, till recently, he was Chairman of the Department of Economics and Director, Center for Analytic Economics at Cornell University. He is Editor of Social Choice and Welfare, Associate Editor of Japanese Economic Review and is on the Board of Editors of the World Bank Economic Review. In 2008, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, one of the country's highest civil honors.
The Art of Policymaking in India
2015
The art of policymaking in India
2016
2011
The Less Developed Economy Revisited
1997
Groundwork for a New Economics
2010
Sketches from an Economist's Notebook
1995
From New Delhi to Washington D.C.
2021
A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics
2000
Why Logical Thinking is the key to a better life
2024
2010
A New Approach to Law and Economics
2018