The Hindu Equilibrium

by Deepak Lal

This new two-volume study of Indian economic, social, and political history provides a better understanding of various issues related to current Indian economic stagnation, poverty, and society. Lal argues that the ancient Hindus fashioned a social and economic system out of their democratic, ecological, and political conditions which has scarcely changed since its foundation. The social expression of this was the caste system, which Lal sees as developing in response to uncertainty and shortage of labor supply, thus revising the common view that India's economic problems are based on a surplus of labor.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198284985
• ISBN13: 9780198284987
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"