About the Author

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Arindam Banerjee is associate professor in economics in the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, where he teaches courses on colonialism, political economy, and agrarian development. He has researched and published on subjects such as agrarian relations under neoliberalism, the global food crisis, food management in India, and colonial historiography in various journals and edited volumes. C. P. Chandrasekhar is professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published widely in academic journals, and has authored several books including Karl Marx's "Capital" and the Present, The Market that Failed: Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms in India (with Jayati Ghosh) and Demonetisation Decoded: A Critique of India's Currency Experiment (with Jayati Ghosh and Prabhat Patnaik). He is a regular columnist for Frontline and Business Line.