Gandhian Holistic Economics

This book identifies and analyses the political economy elements in Gandhi's thought; evaluating the spiritual and ontological basis of Gandhian political economy, and examining the contemporary relevance of Gandhian political economy both in terms of alternative types of heterodox political economy and in terms of policy. The book presents a groundbreaking step in the creation of a new 'Gandhian' political economy.

Joseph Cornelius Kumarappa, 1892-1960, Indian economist and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi.

This Book Studies In Detail: Evolution Of Gandhi`S Economic Thought, Alienation And Wantlessness; On Industrialisation; Theory Of Trusteeship; Labour-Capital Relations Among Other Things.

Gandhi's economic theories were a part of his vision of self-government, which meant not just freedom from colonial rule but the achievement of self-reliance and self-respect by the villagers of India. Areas examined include: * consumption behaviour * industrialization, technology and the scale of production * trusteeship and industrial relations * work and leisure * education as human capital