ECONOMICS OF THE BLACK MARKET. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Ray, S. K
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT; The price spiral; The economic laws; Pigovian simplification; A definition; A theory; Chamberlin; Concrete cases; Objectives; 2 ECONOMICS OF PROFITEERING; Supply flows; Demand curve; Profiteering; Assumptions invalid; Profit optimisation; An investigation; Estimate of profiteering; 3 THE PARALLEL ECONOMY; Kaldor's estimate; First approximation; Committee of experts; A wider concept; White money factor; A parallel economy Multiple repercussions4 MANY FACES OF THE BLACK MARKET; A pyramid; Cornering and hoarding; Dark godowns; Adulteration; Anti-adulteration law; Black market in scarcity; Unlawful speculation; Smuggling; Tax evasion; Financial structure; Group sense; 5 THE LABYRINTH OF SMUGGLING; Economic offences; An evil influence; Extent of smuggling; Objectives; Modes and forms; Gold racket; Recent exposures; Inter-state leakages; Bootlegging; The umbrella; Brief offensive; The law; Remedial strategy; 6 PRICE BEHAVIOUR SINCE INDEPENDENCE; Structural imbalance; The background; Plan objectives; An undercurrent The continuing stagnationDelinking inherent forces; General price level; Wholesale prices; Prices of industrial output; Factors relating to demand; Sectional prices; The invisible shadow; Investment; Conclusion; 7 PRICES, INFLATION, AND MONEY SUPPLY; A world-wide phenomenon; Indexing; Inflationary pressure; Money supply; A few imponderables; 8 FRAUD, MISFEASANCE, AND JURISPRUDENCE; The norms; Many facets; An antidote; Investigation; Royal Mail case; A watchdog or not; Misfeasance and the court; Anti-fraud law; Liability for negligence; Conventions and ethics; 9 CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE TentaclesThe malaise; India; Developing countries; An Indian survey; Conclusions; 10 STRATEGY FOR A COMBAT; A change of mind; Government control; Economic regulation; Choice between the extremes; Shortages and price control; Consumers' resistance movement; Rationing; Network problems; Increase in production; Change in social values; Unearthing black money; Searches and seizures; Qualitative demonetisation; Measures to fight tax evasion; Concessional tax ordinances; Strategy against smuggling; Fraud and misfeasance; Investment of unearthed resources; Epilogue; 11 A QUINTESSENCE Theoretical formatProfiteering; Black money; Stages and sectors; Smuggling; Price behaviour; Fraud and misfeasance; Corruption in public life; Conclusions and suggestions; ANNEXURES; 1 Should economics play second fiddle?; Keynes and Pigou; A maze of symbols; Economic laws; A casualty; A controversy; 2 Computation of black money in India; In late 'sixties; Approximations; 3 Ordinances against smuggling; Amendments; A fresh ordinance; Codification; 4 Monetary indicators for the Indian economy; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Books and treatises; Articles and papers; Reports and documents
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 330.95405; Black market -- India; Commercial crimes -- India; Political corruption -- India; India -- Economic conditions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429048494; 0429048491; 9780429704352; 0429704356; 9780429724367; 0429724365; 9780429744372; 0429744374
• Related ISBNs: 0367018632; 9780367018634
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