In an article for Mint, Dr Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Executive Director, Artha Global, on three books that reimagine an economy in the service of human freedom.

Excerpts below:

“The end of the year is usually a time when this column meanders away from its usual territory of current economic issues, with occasional forays into economic history, to examine offbeat themes. This instalment seeks to look at economics beyond the usual paraphernalia of constrained optimization, statistical models and forecasting an uncertain future. What is its broader mission?”

“The ethical concerns of economics are often lost amid either the technical wizardry of mathematical models or the pressure to focus on the immediate economic situation. These three books can help you take a step back to examine the broader mission of economics.”

Read the full article here.