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Markets in modern India: embedded, contested, pliable
Ajay Gandhi,Sebastian Schwecke +1 more
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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition
TL;DR: In this article, a discussion explores the idea that hundi is more accurately described as an indigenous banking system endowed with a complex range of functions, but whose central purpose is trade.
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The Political Economy of the Raj, 1914-1947: The Economics of Decolonization in India.
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Behind the Curtain
TL;DR: This is the story of a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age and had to undergo surgery to remove her ovary.
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Banking on Words
TL;DR: Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008 was, in part, caused by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking as discussed by the authors. And he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse and all subsequent woes.
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Unbundling sincerity: Language, mediation, and interiority in comparative perspective
TL;DR: The HAU collection as mentioned in this paper is an exploratory group effort in promoting comparative studies of followers of different religious traditions and examines how it is attended to (or not) among ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York, Eastern Orthodox Russian women, Shi'a women in Iran and Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea.