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| birth_date = c. 1932<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| known_for = ''"WEALTH AND ILLFARE"''<br />
| occupation = Professor of Economics<br />
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'''C. T. Kurien''' (born c. 1932) is a professor of economics, now retired and resident in Bangalore, who has written many books on economics. Although left of center, he is far from being a Marxist.<ref name=Pani2012/><br />
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C. T. Kurien attended [[Madras Christian College]], graduating in 1953 with a master's degree in economics.<br />
He went on to [[Stanford University]], where he was awarded a PhD in 1962.<br />
Returning to Madras Christian College, between 1962 and 1978 he was professor and head of the Department of Economics.<br />
Kurien was a National Fellow of the University Grants Commission from 1975 to 77.<br />
In 1978 he was appointed director of the [[Madras Institute of Development Studies]], a national centre for social science research, holding this position for ten years.<br />
He was a National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research from 1992 to 1994. <br />
He was chairman of the [[Madras Institute of Development Studies]] from 1997 to 2003, when he retired from academic work.<ref name=meatrust/><br />
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Kurien received the University Grants Commission's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.<br />
He was appointed the first chairman of the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust in 1999.<br />
He was president of the Indian Economic Association in 2002.<ref name=meatrust/><br />
In 2003 he delivered the Dr Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture to the [[Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue]], speaking on the topic: ''"Communal harmony – A societal perspective"''.<ref name=APEnews>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.apenews.org/newsread.asp?nid=224<br />
|work=Asia Pacific Ecumenicaql News<br />
|title=Arun Shourie to deliver Stanley Samartha memorial lecture<br />
|date=September 2009<br />
|accessdate=2012-04-13<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130112054809/http://www.apenews.org/newsread.asp?nid=224<br />
|archivedate=2013-01-12<br />
}}</ref><br />
As of 2012 he was a member of the board of the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.isec.ac.in/institute.html<br />
|title=The Institute<br />
|publisher=Institute for Social and Economic Change<br />
|accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><br />
His most recent book ''"WEALTH AND ILLFARE — An Expedition into Real Life Economics"'' was published in 2012, when the author was 80.<br />
It provides an accessible overview of economics, but questions the value of an economic system based on the pure pursuit of profit.<ref name=Pani2012/><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
A selection of books published by C.T. Kurien <br />
{{refbegin}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Our five year plans<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society |year=1966 |pages=199}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Indian economic crisis: a diagnostic study<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Asia Pub. House |year=1969 |pages=123}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=A theoretical approach to the Indian economy<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Asia Publishing House |year=1970 |pages=64}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Poverty and development<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Christian Literature Society |year=1974 |pages=209}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Poverty, planning, and social transformation<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Allied |year=1978 |pages=174}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Economic change in Tamil Nadu, 1960–1970: a regionally and functionally disaggregated analysis<br />
|author1=C. T. Kurien |author2=Josef James |publisher=Allied |year=1979 |pages=374}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Mission and Proclamation: The Church in India Today and Other Pieces<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Christian Literature Society |year=1981 |pages=116}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Dynamics of Rural Transformation: A Study of Tamil Nadu, 1950–1980<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=University of Nevada Press |year=1989 |ISBN=086311086X |pages=169}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Economy, society, and development: essays and reflections in honour of Malcolm S. Adiseshiah<br />
|author1=C. T. Kurien |author2=E. R. Prabhakar |author3=Sarvepalli Gopal |author4=Malcolm S. Adiseshiah |publisher=Sage Publications |year=1991 |ISBN=0803996985 |pages=331}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=The economy: an interpretive introduction<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Sage |year=1992 |ISBN=0803994281 |pages=436}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Growth and justice: aspects of India's development experience<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1992 |pages=295}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Global capitalism and the Indian economy<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Orient Longman |year=1994<br />
|ISBN=8125002723 |pages=132}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Rethinking economics: reflections based on a study of the Indian economy<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Sage Publications |year=1996 |ISBN=0803993099 |pages=272}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Economic Reforms and the People<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Madhyam Books |year=1996 |pages=84}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|title=Wealth and Illfare: An Expedition into Real Life Economics<br />
|author=C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Books for Change |year=2012 |pages=253}}<br />
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{{refend}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist |refs=<br />
<ref name=meatrust>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.meatrust.in/ctkurien.html<br />
|title=Dr. C. T. Kurien<br />
|publisher=Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust<br />
|accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><br />
<ref name=Pani2012>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3247623.ece<br />
|work=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|date=March 26, 2012<br />
|title=Conceiving an alternative future<br />
|author=NARENDAR PANI<br />
|accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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