non liberal
Ashok Mitra
1928–2018
Also known as: अशोक मित्र
How Ashok Mitra is discussed in this archive
Referenced in 1 other work — including अन्वयार्थ - १ .
In अन्वयार्थ - १ : In the fourth essay 'नवे कलुषा कब्जी', Joshi names Ashok Mitra as part of a post-liberalisation rentier class of economists who defend planning-era price controls while personally benefiting from the system that harms farmers.
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- अन्वयार्थ - १ · 2010
- "notably Ashok Mitra and Dantewala, who champion planning-era controls while benefiting from them, and exposes how price controls damage farmers" — Summary of essay 4; pairs Mitra with Dantewala as the named targets of Joshi's anti-planner polemic
- "Ashok Mitra and M. L. Dantewala are named as economists who provide ideological cover for planning-era price controls while personally benefiting from the system." — Key-point bullet; restates the indictment of Mitra in Joshi's farmer-economics frame