The Age of Stagnation, Why Perpetual Growth is Unattainable and the Global Economy is in Peril, by Satyajit Das, Tranquebar Press, 2015, Pages 346, February 2016 Review for Business World by Shankar Jaganathan, Founder & Chief Executive, CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services P Ltd, and by passion an economic historian and Author This is not a book for the one who wants to be reassured about the bright prospects of our global economy. Neither is it for the optimist who believes …
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The Social Life of Money, by Nigel Dodd, Princeton University Press, 2014, Pages 394 Review for Business World by Shankar Jaganathan, Author & by passion an Economic Historian, March 2015 Like cricket in India, money is the subject of discussion in both professional and amateur groups across the world. These discussions often get heated, and their circles expand in the context of prominent headline hogging events. In these debates, we often see a visible and pronounced bias linked to origin. …
The Son Also Rises, Surnames and the history of Social Mobility, by Gregory Clark Princeton University Press, 2014, Pages 317 Review for Business World by Shankar Jaganathan, Author & by passion an Economic Historian, April 2014 Written by economic historian Gregory Clark, The Son Also Rises is a longitudinal study of social mobility. Studying multi-generational social mobility covering a span extending to seven hundred years across the geographies of Asia, Europe and America this book cannot be ignored by anyone …
Book Review 2024.08: The Upanishads- Breath of the Eternals, 128 pages, Paperback, 2002 This short concise book of Upanishads was the logical book to follow after I had read The Essentials of Hinduism that provided a birds’ eye view of the Sanatana Dharam. Unlike in the past where I had started books on Upanishads only to drop it quickly, what helped me complete this book was its clear and simple language and the authors intent to convey the gist instead …
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