Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati

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March 2005

New articles, profiles, and book reviews are now available on the website.  Please go to each section to view new additions.

January 2004

Professor Bhagwati released his latest book, In Defense of Globalization, published by Oxford University Press.  Please go to the "Books" section of the site to read more endorsements and review excerpts. 

The new century’s major economic issue is Globalization, Yes? or Globalization, No? Columbia     University’s Bhagwati, long regarded as a master economist by all trade experts, has prepared for  the intelligent public an even-handed analysis of the pros and cons. Read and ponder.

              Paul Samuelson, Nobel laureate in Economics

This book will make history. It will also be a blockbuster, not only because of the depth of Bhagwati’s powerful argument backed by extensive research, but also because it is immensely readable and surely the most humorous piece of economics ever written.

              Hernando de Soto, Author of The Other Path and The Mystery of Capital
Columbia University appointed economist Arvind Panagariya as the inaugural Jagdish Bhagwati Professor in Indian Political Economy.  Click here to read more.
November 2003

The Program on International Migration: Economics, Ethics, and Law is established at Columbia Law School, with Professor Bhagwati as director.  UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presents the inaugural the Emma Lazarus Lecture on International Flows of Humanity, sponsored by the Program.

           

 
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