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Citizen Empowerment Through Land Reform
“Citizen Empowerment Through Land Reform,” co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in the Journal of Comparative Economics.
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Mitra Speaks with Ideas of India Podcast on Economic Growth in India and Related Challenges
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Sultana Article on the Threats to Bangladesh’s Interim Government Published in The Diplomat
“The country’s democratic revolution is being targeted by both external and internal sources of misinformation and propaganda,” writes Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
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The Color of Coronavirus
“The Color of Coronavirus,” co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in Southern Economic Journal.
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Sultana Comments on Academic Publishers Partnering With AI Companies in Chronicle of Higher Ed Piece
Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, concerned about how her work may be repurposed, says, “All this occurs while our intellectual property is woefully inadequately compensated, since there is abuse and profit off our mostly free intellectual labor by private corporations reaping profits in the billions of dollars annually from the sale of our books.”
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Mitra Piece on India's Development Policy Challenge Published by the 1991 Project
“While it [India] has acquired some economic and political heft in global affairs on account of its large economy, it must rapidly raise the economic fortunes of the average Indian. Its current demographic situation makes this necessary. It is crucial that the country find productive employment for its young and rapidly expanding labor force in a way that fulfills the aspirations of these new workers,” writes Devashish Mitra, professor of economics.
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History and Bioarchaeology
“History and Bioarchaeology,” co-authored by Professor of Anthropology Shannon Novak, was published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology.
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Prema Kurien Recognized as Maxwell’s Daicoff Faculty Scholar
The designation was created with a generous gift from alumna and longtime advisory board member Cathy Daicoff.
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PhD Candidate in Anthropology Receives Newcombe Fellowship for Doctoral Research in India
Nimisha Thakur is one of 22 scholars in the United States to receive the award, which is considered the largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values.
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Mitra Weighs In on the Issue of Wealth Taxation in India in Al Jazeera Article
Devashish Mitra, professor of economics, says that some wealth distribution “might not be a bad idea.” But, he adds, “it is a politically contentious issue, and there might be political problems in enacting any kind of means to redistribute wealth.’’
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