BMCC Economic Seminar Series: “Economics is too important to be left to economists”
About Jayati Ghosh
Dr. Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited 20 books, most recently “The making of a catastrophe: Covid-19 and the Indian economy”, (Aleph Books forthcoming 2021), published 200 scholarly articles, and received several awards for her research. She has advised governments in India and other countries, including as Member of the National Knowledge Commission of India (2005-09). She is the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (www.networkideas.org), an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted with several international organisations and is member of various boards and commissions, including the UN High Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, and the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All. She writes regularly for popular media like newspapers, journals and blogs.
