Jayati Ghosh is one of the world’s foremost economists and Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She’s a regular columnist for several Indian journals and newspapers as well as the Guardian. She’s closely involved with a range of progressive organizations and social movements. She has won many awards for economics including being the co-recipient of the International Labor Organization’s 2010 Decent Work Research prize. Professor Ghosh attended Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University for her MA, and received her MPhil and PhD from Cambridge University. Her core areas of study include international economics, employment patterns in developing countries, macroeconomic policy, and issues related to gender and development. She’s the author of India and the International Economy (2015) and co-editor of Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, 2018.”