It is generally believed that the systematic study of economics and its principles was started in 1776 with the publication of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, who has been universally held as the founding father of economics. Prior to Adam Smith,...

A woman’s ownership in farming is ordinarily guided by either the absence of a male lead member in the family due to death, disease or migration, or endemic social norms and practices governing her interaction pattern. Women farmers often end up being in a vicious cycle of low investment, low...

India and China have been eyeing a bigger stake in world affairs; a more dominant position in their own backyard is a prerequisite for the same. Dominance achieved through economic means is quite effective and has the potential of bringing forth added benefits. Asia with its fractured loyalties...