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Winston Churchill

1874–1965

How Winston Churchill is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 3 other works — including CONTROLS IN A PLANNED ECONOMY , Indian Planning at the Cross-Roads , and Controls and Freedom .

In Indian Planning at the Cross-Roads : Santhanam echoes Churchill's refusal to liquidate the empire — hoping the Finance Minister of India will fare better than the Prime Minister of Britain who failed to do likewise — as a rhetorical analogy for his Plan-extension proposal.

In CONTROLS IN A PLANNED ECONOMY : Shroff quotes Churchill on the corrosion of respect for law as an authoritative warning that controls inevitably create black markets and undermine the rule of law.

In Controls and Freedom : Churchill's coinage 'Queutopia' is invoked to characterise the bureaucratic control economy India built after independence, lending a vivid rhetorical label to the author's critique.

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Primary works (2)

  • Indian Planning at the Cross-Roads · 1965
    • "Echoing Churchill's refusal to liquidate the empire, he hopes the Finance Minister of India will fare better than the Prime Minister of Britain who failed to do likewise." — Churchill is invoked as the British analogue Santhanam wants the Indian Finance Minister to outdo
  • CONTROLS IN A PLANNED ECONOMY · 1960
    • "reliably generate black markets — a point he reinforces by quoting Winston Churchill" — Churchill is cited as a political authority on the self-defeating nature of peacetime economic controls
    • "Controls inevitably create black markets (quoting Churchill on the corrosion of respect for law)" — Churchill's observation is used to illustrate how controls breed lawlessness

Excerpts (1)

  • Controls and Freedom
    • "a veritable Queutopia, to use Sir Winston Churchill's expression." — Churchill's satirical coinage is appropriated to describe post-independence India's licence-and-permit raj