Market, Regulations and Finance, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Global Meltdown and the Indian Economy
India Studies in Business and Economics Series

This volume?s primary contribution to the field of Economics is that it addresses the issue of inter-linkages between money, finance and macroeconomics with a broad analytical perspective that has commonality with the Post-Keynesians. In an attempt to assess the consequences of economic reforms and the fallout of the global financial crisis on India and the world around, the book argues that with the onset of the crisis, as in most advanced economies, debates and discussions in India have been concerned with three main issues: monetary policy and asset prices, financial stability, and macro-prudential regulation. Three related issues which are also considered important in the Indian context are ? rule vs. principle-based supervision, integrated financial supervision, and regulatory and supervisory independence. The book argues that the crisis highlighted the inadequacies of macro-prudential regulatory structure which mainly addresses idiosyncratic risks specific to individual financial institutions. The crisis precipitated an extensive debate on the role of national regulatory and supervisory authorities in crisis prevention and crisis management via macro-prudential regulations which involves a general equilibrium approach to regulation aiming at safeguarding the financial system as a whole. The book then argues that the crisis led to a paradigm shift in macroeconomic theory and policy. This shift has been categorized into four specific areas: monetary policy, financial regulation, corporate governance, and globalization. The book analyses how the characteristics of each of these four categories have changed from the pre-crisis to the post-crisis situation. The book also delves into the phenomenon of rising global commodity prices post-crisis. The book also deals with an analysis of the impact of this crisis on employment in the US economy, by simulating a macroeconomic model developed by the Cambridge Department of Applied Economics in the 1980s.

Chapter 1. Introduction by Ratan Khasnabis and Indrani Chakraborty (IDSK).- Chapter 2. Monetary Policy, Financial Stability and Macroprudential Regulation: An Indian Perspective by Dilip Nachane (Emeritus Professor, IGIDR).- Chapter 3. Crisis as Paradigm Shifter: Reflections on 2008 by Subir Gokarn (Former Deputy Governor, RBI).- Chapter 4. The Financial Sector and the Real Economy: Some Considerations in the Indian Context: Pronab Sen (Principal Advisor, Planning Commission, GOI).- Chapter 5. Recent Drivers of Global Commodity Prices: An Exploration by Partha Ray (IIMC).- Chapter 6. Fiscal Reforms, Fiscal Rule and Development Spending: Two Decades of Indian Experience by Pinaki Chakraborty (NIPFP).- Chapter 7. Inflation Targeting in Developing Countries : Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Rohit Azad and Anupam Roy (JNU).- Chapter 8. Global Ramifications of Reoriented US Policies towards Employment Generation by Parthapratim Pal and Atulan Guha (IIMC).- Chapter 9. Employment, Growth and Inequality in India: A Critical Analysis by Subhanil Chowdhury(IDSK).- Chapter 10. Effects of Changing Pattern of Corporate Savings on Firm Profitability in India: A New Approach by Indrani Chakraborty (IDSK).- Chapter 11. Determinants of Price Deviations across Regions in India by Kaushik Bhattacharya (IIML).- Chapter 12. Globalisation and Growth: The Indian Case in Perspective by Surajit Mazumdar (Ambedkar University, New Delhi).- Chapter 13. Oil Price Shock, Pass-through Policy and its Impact on India by Surajit Das, Sukanya Bose and N. R. Bhanumurthy (JNU and NIPFP, New Delhi).

Ratan Khasnabis has recently retired as Professor at the Department of Business Management, Calcutta University; however, he still remains associated with the Department as the Director of the Masters in Human Resource and Organisational Management (MHROM) Programme. Dr Khasnabis is also the Honorary Visiting Fellow of the Institute Of Development Studies, Kolkata and Institute of Human Development, Delhi. He has published a large number of papers, including Economy and Market: Fredric Hayek Revisited, Political Economy of Reforms in China and Paul Sweezy and the Theory of Economic Stagnation. Together with Prof Amiya Kumar Bagchi, he has edited the book Economy & the Quality of Life: Essays in Honour of Ashok Rudra.

Indrani Chakraborty is currently Professor of Economics at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata. She was formerly at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum and North-Bengal University, West Bengal. She has published a large number of articles in reputed journals and as book chapters on the impact of capital inflows, the role of financial development on economic growth, capital structure of corporate firms, and impact of reforms on firms' performance.

Assesses the consequences of economic reforms and the fallout of the global financial crisis on India and the world around Examines the role of monetary and fiscal policies in ensuring stability, understanding the contribution of the corporate sector on the growth process, and analyzing the effects of reforms on employment and wages Presents an empirical inquiry firmly grounded in theory, which would attract a wide range of readers with varied methodological persuasions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras