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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => Development Studies => Development Economics => Topic started by: niamot.ds on May 29, 2019, 12:44:42 PM

Title: How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
Post by: niamot.ds on May 29, 2019, 12:44:42 PM

New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik - just published by Columbia University Press - deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two centuries of detailed data on tax and trade, Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938.


https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/britain-stole-45-trillion-india-181206124830851.html?fbclid=IwAR3XxesmydAqRc7u2hWHRqlxq4vP0ZsE_f4Ur7c_pd1ukGaiBaa1gsL7sTE

Title: Re: How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
Post by: sisyphus on February 24, 2020, 03:50:52 PM

interesting article. need more like this