The Poverty of Political Economy: How Economics Abandoned the Poor

• Meghnad Desai traces major economic thinkers and events, from Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes to the Great Depression and the 2008 financial crisis, examining how economics has influenced domestic and international politics.

• Meghnad Desai is an economist and former professor at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he taught for around four decades. He has written extensively on economics, political economy, Marxism, globalization, and history

The book critically explores the development of economic thought and asks why economics has often struggled to address poverty and inequality effectively. Desai connects economic theories with major historical events and changes in the global economic order, while considering how economic policy might better serve society.