As a scholar who brought Karl Marx and Max Weber to the centre of Indian sociological studies, Beteille thought the ...

In 1867, Europe’s intellectual elite was captivated by Marx’s Das Kapital. Meanwhile, no one had heard of 31-year-old Carl ...

Although Adam Smith is well-known for emphasizing division of labor, his analysis was woefully incomplete, as Dr. Mark Thornton points out.

Venezuela is a failed Petrostate – crippled by inherent distortions of a one-dimensional economy. Rebuilding a "new and improved" Petrostate is destined to fail (again).

For the ancients, understanding was an end in itself. For the moderns, it became a means to change the world.

I’m interested in learning more about someone whose ideas have fundamentally shaped 175 years of world history. But others ...