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Jagdish Bhagwati
International Affairs Building, Room 828
Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science
Phone: 212-854-6297
jb38@columbia.edu
Biography:
Bhagwati, a member of the Columbia faculty since 1980, is the Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and a professor of political science.
A prolific researcher, Bhagwati has published more than 300 articles and 40 volumes, while writing extensively in leading newspapers and magazines as well. Widely regarded as the preeminent international trade economist today, Bhagwati has also made contributions to public finance, immigration, and the new theory of political economy. His works include Protectionism (MIT Press 1988) and A Stream of Windows: Unsettling Reflections on Trade, Immigration and Democracy (MIT 1998). His book India: Planning for Industrialization (Oxford 1970), coauthored with Columbia economics professor Padma Desai, provided the intellectual case for the economic reforms now under way in India.
He has received several awards, including the Freedom Prize (Switzerland) and the Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy (USA).