Ravi Batra

Ravi Batra
Lahir	27 Juni 1943 (umur 83) Multan, Kemaharajaan Britania
Institusi	Southern Methodist University
Bidang	Ekonomi internasional, makroekonomi
Mazhab	Mazhab Pemanfaatan Progresif
Alma mater	Southern Illinois University (Ph.D.) Delhi School of Economics (M.A.)
Dipengaruhi	P.R. Sarkar
Kontribusi	Teori perdagangan internasional Teori makroekonomi Ekonomi kerja Teori pembangunan
Penghargaan	Ig Nobel Prize, 1993[1]

Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra (lahir 27 Juni 1943),^[2] adalah ekonom India-Amerika, penulis, dan dosen di Southern Methodist University. Batra merupakan penulis enam buku laris, dua di antaranya masuk daftar The New York Times Best Seller dan salah satu di antaranya (The Great Depression of 1990) menempati posisi puncak pada akhir 1987. Buku-bukunya membahas bahwa kapitalisme keuangan memicu kesenjangan berlebihan dan korupsi politik yang berakhir dengan krisis keuangan dan depresi ekonomi.^[3] Dalam tulisan-tulisannya, Batra mengusulkan sistem distribusi setara bernama teori pemanfaatan progresif (PROUT) sebagai cara untuk menjamin kesejahteraan materi dan kesempatan bagi semua orang untuk memanfaatkan potensinya.

Ravi Batra pernah tampil di CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, dan CNBC dan dibahas oleh The New York Times,^[4] Time,^[5] dan Newsweek.^[6] Since the financial crisis, Batra has been a frequent guest on radio shows^[7] and featured in numerous publications.^[8][9]

Karya

Buku

• Batra, Raveendra (1989). Studies in the pure theory of international trade. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312772109.
• Batra, Raveendra (1975). The pure theory of international trade under undercertainty. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333165607.
• Batra, Raveendra N. (1978). The downfall of capitalism and communism: a new study of history. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333216453.
• Batra, Raveendra (1989). Regular economic cycles: money, inflation, regulation and depressions. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312032609.
• Batra, Raveendra (1987). The great depression of 1990: Why it's got to happen - How to protect yourself. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780671640224.
• Batra, Raveendra (1989). Surviving the great depression of 1990: protect your assets and investments - and come out on top. New York: Dell Publishing. ISBN 9780440204619.
• Batra, Raveendra (1989). Progressive utilization theory: Prout: an economic solution to poverty in the Third World. Ermita, Manila, Philippines: Ananda Marga Publications. ISBN 9789718623077.
• Batra, Ravi (1990). The downfall of capitalism and communism: can capitalism be saved. Dallas, Texas: Venus Books Distributed by Taylor Pub. Co. ISBN 9780939352098.
• Batra, Ravi (1993). The myth of free trade: a plan for America's economic revival. New York Toronto New York: C. Scribner's Sons Maxwell Macmillan Canada Maxwell Macmillan International. ISBN 9780684195926.
• Batra, Ravi (1996). The great American deception: what politicians won't tell you about our economy and your future. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471165569.
• Batra, Ravi (1999). The crash of the millennium: surviving the coming inflationary depression. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 9780609605127.
• Batra, Ravi (2003). Common sense macroeconomics. Richardson, Texas: Liberty Press. ISBN 9780939352869.
• Batra, Ravi (2005). Greenspan's fraud: how two decades of his policies have undermined the global economy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403968593.
• Batra, Ravi (2007). The new golden age: the coming revolution against political corruption and economic chaos. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403975799.
• Batra, Ravi (2015). End unemployment now: how to eliminate joblessness, debt, and poverty despite congress. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137280077.

Artikel jurnal

• Batra, Raveendra N.; Pattanaik, Prasanta K. (Oktober 1972). "On some suggestions for having non-binary social choice functions". Theory and Decision. 3 (1). Springer: 1–11. doi:10.1007/BF00139349.{{cite journal}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Postscript (link) Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
• Batra, Ravi; Beladi, Hamid (September 2013). "The US trade deficit and the rate of interest". Review of International Economics. 21 (4). Wiley Online: 614–626. doi:10.1111/roie.12059.{{cite journal}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Postscript (link) Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
• Batra, Ravi; Beladi, Hamid (November 2013). "Foreign capital and urban congestion in emerging markets". Review of Development Economics. 17 (4). Wiley Online: 676–684. doi:10.1111/rode.12058.{{cite journal}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Postscript (link) Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)

Lihat pula

• Kontroversi perdagangan bebas
• Hukum siklus sosial
• Teori pemanfaatan progresif

Referensi

Pranala luar

• Situs web resmi
• Southern Methodist University Diarsipkan 2015-09-24 di Wayback Machine.