Dec 2016
MIT Press
Jagdish Bhagwati
University Professor
Personal Details
Focus areas: International trade
Jagdish Bhagwati, a member of the Columbia faculty since 1980, is a university professor, the highest academic title at Columbia. He is also a Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He has received several awards, including the Freedom Prize (Switzerland), Thomas Schelling Award (Harvard Kennedy School), the Bernhard Harms Prize (Germany), and the Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy (U.S.). He has been uniquely honored with six festschrifts by his many eminent pupils (including Paul Krugman) and scholars worldwide. He has also received several honorary degrees, including from London School of Economics, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the Free University in Berlin.
A prolific researcher, Bhagwati has published more than 300 articles and 40 volumes, while writing extensively in leading newspapers and magazines as well. Widely regarded as the preeminent international trade economist today, Bhagwati has also made contributions to public finance, immigration, and the new theory of political economy.
Education
- PhD, MIT
- BA, University of Cambridge
- BA, Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai
Honors and Awards
- Freedom Prize
- Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy
- Bernhard Harms Prize
- Thomas Schelling Award
Research And Publications
In Defense of Globalization
Oct 2004
A Stream of Windows: Unsettling Reflections on Trade, Immigration and Democracy
Oct 1998
Protectionism
Oct 1988
India: Planning for Industrialization
Oct 1970
Oxford University Press
In The Media
What the actions of Justin Trudeau have done is to put at risk this remarkable saga of Indo-Canadian friendship, but it is not too late to mend, Jagdish Bhagwati writes.
Feb 02 2021
Times of India
Jagdish Bhagwati who has defended free trade for decades worries that people are beginning to despair about free trade for different reasons.
Jan 22 2020
Bloomberg
Cabinet member on leave from SIPA faculty attributes recent success to reforms intended to accelerate development and liberalize regulation of industry.
Feb 12 2017
As multilateral trade organizations draw increased scrutiny, distinguished guests joined Jagdish Bhagwati to discuss an agenda for the future.
Oct 06 2016
More than 200 dignitaries, scholars, and guests joined SIPA for the launch of the Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies on October 5.
Oct 07 2015