Articles by S R Sen

It has become absolutely necessary to take a number of measures, including a change in the electoral system, to curb money and muscle power in elections and, equally important, the role of lobby power in influencing government decisions.

S R Sen GATT, which was set up to promote free trade and free competition in commodities, is now sought to be made the instrument for curbing competition and strengthening monopoly and oligopoly in the field of intellectual property rights. This new monopoly of knowledge for the haves against the have-nots raises several questions.

Communal Riots: Anticipation, Containment and Prevention S R Sen With the growth of fundamentalism, Hindu-Muslim riots are likely to become more frequent as also more dangerous, due to the easy availability of modern arms, hereafter as compared to the last four decades, unless effective action for anticipation, containment and prevention is taken early. Police action, moral pressure and basic reforms (political, social and economic) have all to be tried. The question is how, in what combination and in what sequence.

Quest for Peace from Preto Post-Industrial Society S R Sen The Gandhian approach, which has had so far only limited trial and success in the present society, may find a more favourable soil in the more affluent, egalitarian, and educated post-industrial society In particular, one of Gandhi's important teachings, namely, non-violent resistance to evil may be given a useful new orientation.

Kondratieff and Other Cycles in Market, Command and Mixed Economies S R Sen The relative roles of long-term and short-term economic cycles (or waves or swings) as one causal factor in the economic crisis faced by the US in the early 1930s and by the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s seems to have escaped the attention of analysts.