On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Gurumurthy K <[email protected]> wrote:
> dear Social Science teachers > > there is something seriously wrong with our Economic theory and practice > today. In our text books we describe functioning of the economy ... with > the aim of economic development and social justice/equity > > However in the last 2 1/2 decades (in India after the 1991 liberalisation, > and globally after the Reagan/Thatcher ), we are seeing very increasing > levels of inequality which is now reached very disturbing proportions .... > > see the following news links - the first says that 8 people earn more than > the bottom billion people in the world ... clearly the current economic > models are not working for most of humanity and certainly not for nature > (climate change due to environment destruction). > > Gandhian economics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi#Gandhian_ > economics) is an important alternative to the current model of > economics... we should bring this into our Economics text books of classes > 8-10. > > regards, > Guru > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/16/eight- > people-earn-more-billion-economics-broken > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/i > ndias-rising-income-inequality-richest-1-own-58-of-total-wea > lth/articleshow/56586277.cms > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-richest-1-o > wn-58-of-its-total-wealth-oxfam/story-CUT04Z1zCOdqWSFxbzV3FN.html > > http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/Richest-1-own-58-of > -total-wealth-in-India-Oxfam/article17044486.ece > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/ > richest-1-own-58-of-total-wealth-in-india-oxfam/articleshow/56585720.cms > > http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/time > -to-end-tax-havens-richest-1-own-58-of-india-s-total-wealth- > 117011600158_1.html > > http://www.livemint.com/Politics/E3n5ANHQL1ywMOdNxm6igK/Indi > as-1-superrich-own-58-of-the-countrys-total-wealth.html > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jan/16/w > orlds-eight-richest-people-have-same-wealth-as-poorest-50 > > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/16/world/europe/ap-e > u-davos-inequality.html?_r=0 > > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > -- > EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf > > -- > > *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Frequently_Asked_Questions > > **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software > ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ > ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read http://karnatakaeducation.org. > in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "EnglishSTF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f_P9sCDdxeyohUDR5DWgS54EKRH6UbOv > jA2KaPBRrXOdw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f_P9sCDdxeyohUDR5DWgS54EKRH6UbOvjA2KaPBRrXOdw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf -- *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CAB1YUcNcApGH3PEKJ1hj0Jfas%3Dyj6nD7KaQrMZ2Sa7H_qSz8QA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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