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Business TalkProfessor Tirthankar Roy on What Drives India’s Long-Term Economic ChangeProfessor Tirthankar Roy, Professor in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers thought-provoking insights from his acclaimed book, “The Economic History of India.”
Professor Tirthankar Roy teaches South Asian and Global History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is the author of Monsoon Economies: India’s History in a Changing Climate, along with several other influential books and articles. His research in economic history addresses three central questions: Is there a long-term pattern in Indian capitalism? Can historical insights help us better understand the workings of modern Indian...2025-08-0437 min
The Podcast BrowserClimate, Water, and the Origins of Colonialism ~ Tirthankar Roy Podcast: On Humans (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Climate, Water, and the Origins of Colonialism ~ Tirthankar RoyPub date: 2025-07-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBefore they built empires, the Europeans built ports.Across Africa and Asia, European sailors arrived as merchants. They traded and negotiated. They defended their interests—sometimes with cannon fire. But they were not trying to govern a foreign land.Yet things changed. Why?Historian Tirthankar Roy has a bold new a...2025-07-3055 min
On HumansClimate, Water, and the Origins of Colonialism ~ Tirthankar RoyBefore they built empires, the Europeans built ports.Across Africa and Asia, European sailors arrived as merchants. They traded and negotiated. They defended their interests—sometimes with cannon fire. But they were not trying to govern a foreign land.Yet things changed. Why?Historian Tirthankar Roy has a bold new answer. Roy is a professor at the London School of Economics, where he teaches a renowned course on the economic history of colonialism. His most recent book isThe Origins of Colonialism. And in it, Roy explains that we...2025-07-1955 min
Scientific Sense ®Prof. Tirthankar Roy of LSE and Dr. K. Ravi Raman of Kerala State Planning Board on Kerala, IndiaScientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tirthankar Roy is professor in economic history at the London School of Economics.His books include the co-authored Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016) and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).Dr. K. Ravi Raman is an Expert Member of the Kerala State Planning Board. He is the author of Global Capital and Peripheral Labour (2009) and Political Ecospatiality: Livelihood, Environment, and Subaltern Struggles (2024).Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=12025-05-241h 06
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastHow did Kerala get rich?With roughly 35 million people, Kerala, sits along India’s southwestern tip on the Indian Ocean. Fifty years ago, it was one of India’s poorest states, but now is one of the richest. How did it happen?GUEST: Tirthankar Roy, Professor in Economic history, at the London School of Economics. PRODUCER: Ali Benton2025-05-0619 min
Navigating IndiaA History of Economic Policy in IndiaIn this episode, I am in conversation with Rahul De, to discuss the key ideas in his book ‘A History of Economic Policy in India: Crisis, Coalitions and Contingency’. Rahul takes us through the meaning of economic history and the need for studying it. He situates industrial development in colonial India and its integration with the global economy. Rahul meticulously and candidly explores the failure of the Indian variant of planning, the reality of the green revolution and changes in voting behaviour, the evolution of liberalisation, and defining what can make a coalition government successful. Don’s miss this episod...2024-08-051h 37
Ideas of IndiaAnand Swamy and Tirthankar Roy on Law and the EconomyTake our listener survey here. In this episode, Shruti speaks with Anand Swamy and Tirthankar Roy about their new book, “Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond.” They discuss India’s colonial legacy, forest laws, problems with eminent domain, the messiness of Indian legislation and much more. Swamy is the Willmott Family Third Century Professor of Economics at Williams College. His research interests are the economics of institutions and land, labor and credit markets in developing countries and South Asia. Roy is a professor at the London School of Economics, teaching South Asian and glo...2022-04-141h 21
New Books in South Asian StudiesTirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy, "Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond" (UChicago Press, 2022)In Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Dr. Tirthankar Roy and Dr. Anand Swamy present an essential history of India’s economic growth since 1947, including the legal reforms that have shaped the country in the shadow of colonial rule. They argue that “colonial rule left India a highly unequal society with a complicated structure of land rights, a slow and dysfunctional legal system, and a state that was all powerful in some areas.”Economists have long lamented how the inefficiency of India’s legal system undermines the country’s economic c...2022-03-301h 21
New Books in LawTirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy, "Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond" (UChicago Press, 2022)In Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Dr. Tirthankar Roy and Dr. Anand Swamy present an essential history of India’s economic growth since 1947, including the legal reforms that have shaped the country in the shadow of colonial rule. They argue that “colonial rule left India a highly unequal society with a complicated structure of land rights, a slow and dysfunctional legal system, and a state that was all powerful in some areas.”Economists have long lamented how the inefficiency of India’s legal system undermines the country’s economic capacity. How has this...2022-03-301h 21
New Books in EconomicsTirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy, "Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond" (UChicago Press, 2022)In Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Dr. Tirthankar Roy and Dr. Anand Swamy present an essential history of India’s economic growth since 1947, including the legal reforms that have shaped the country in the shadow of colonial rule. They argue that “colonial rule left India a highly unequal society with a complicated structure of land rights, a slow and dysfunctional legal system, and a state that was all powerful in some areas.”Economists have long lamented how the inefficiency of India’s legal system undermines the country’s economic c...2022-03-301h 21
The University of Chicago Press PodcastTirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy, "Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond" (UChicago Press, 2022)In Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Dr. Tirthankar Roy and Dr. Anand Swamy present an essential history of India’s economic growth since 1947, including the legal reforms that have shaped the country in the shadow of colonial rule. They argue that “colonial rule left India a highly unequal society with a complicated structure of land rights, a slow and dysfunctional legal system, and a state that was all powerful in some areas.”Economists have long lamented how the inefficiency of India’s legal system undermines the country’s economic c...2022-03-301h 19
New Books with Miranda MelcherTirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy, "Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond" (UChicago Press, 2022)In Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India 1947 and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Dr. Tirthankar Roy and Dr. Anand Swamy present an essential history of India’s economic growth since 1947, including the legal reforms that have shaped the country in the shadow of colonial rule. They argue that “colonial rule left India a highly unequal society with a complicated structure of land rights, a slow and dysfunctional legal system, and a state that was all powerful in some areas.”Economists have long lamented how the inefficiency of India’s legal system undermines the country’s economic c...2022-03-301h 19
ImproveHFPatient Education on Heart Failure | Dr. Tirthankar RoyThe term "heart failure" doesn't mean the heart has "failed" or stopped working. It means the heart doesn't pump as well as it should. Heart failure is a serious condition, but many people with heart failure lead a full, how to keep in good balance, and when to call the doctor. Listen to the expert in this episode to learn enjoyable life when the condition is managed with heart failure medications and healthy lifestyle changes. It's important to learn about heart failure, more about Heart Failure.
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The Global History of CapitalismWater and the Economic History of IndiaTirthankar Roy (Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘Water and the Economic History of India’. Part of Panel 3: Catastrophe or Liberation? Capitalism or Environment? Anthropocene, Energy, and Global Capitalism
Chair: Gareth Austin (Cambridge)2019-09-2820 min
Discover Best Sellers Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Story of Indian Business: The East India Company Audiobook by Tirthankar RoyListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Story of Indian Business: The East India Company
Subtitle: The World's Most Powerful Corporation
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Narrator: Vikas Adam
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-20-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 64 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
A first-time account of the East India Company from the perspective of Indian business history....
For over 200 years, the East India Company was the largest and most powerful mercantile firm in Britain and Asia. Set up to procure Asian goods...2012-11-205h 40