Author Archive: Prabhat Patnaik
Why Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus?
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
Editor’s Note: Since late November, braving the bitter cold, hundreds of thousands of farmers have set up protest camps at various points on the...
Full ArticleIndia Can Already Afford a Welfare State—It Just Needs to Tax Its Wealthiest Citizens
Released for Syndication: 12/17/2020
Two taxes—inheritance and wealth—alone, levied only on the top 1 percent of the population, would be $196 billion and finance a welfare state in India.
Full ArticleIndia’s Move Toward a De Facto Unitary State
Released for Syndication: 11/05/2020
India is being pushed toward a de facto unitary state, with states being kept totally out of the loop in decision-making, as seen in the new agricultural laws, goods and services tax compensation, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation and new National Education Policy.
Full ArticleHow India’s Leader Modi Is Changing Laws to Help Imperialists Dominate the Country’s Agriculture
Released for Syndication: 10/13/2020
Foreign investors and multinational companies have been pushing countries like India to become food-import-dependent and divert land devoted to food grain toward crops that imperialist countries can’t grow.
Full ArticleWhy Modi’s Government Is Not Up to the Task
Released for Syndication: 09/23/2020