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{{short description|Indian economist}}
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'''Deepak (Kumar) Lal''' (1940 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian British [[neo-liberal]]<ref name="C&D">{{cite book|last1=Cypher|first1=James M.|last2=Dietz|first2=James L.|title=The Process of Economic Development|date=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415254168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mF5ZN75jqEMC&q=Deepak+Lal+neo+liberal&pg=PA202|accessdate=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> economist, originally of India.<ref name="cv">[http://www.econ.ucla.edu/Lal/cv2004.pdf UCLA CV]</ref>

==Biography==

===Education and early career===
He was born in [[Lahore]] on 3 January 1940.<ref name="cv"/><ref name="bite">[http://www.bitebackpublishing.com/authors/155 Biteback Publishing biography]</ref> He attended [[The Doon School]] in Dehradun, India.<ref name="cv"/><ref name="bite"/><ref name="independent">[http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=626 Independent Institute biography]</ref> He graduated in History from Delhi University's St. Stephens College in 1959. Later at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] he received the B.A. (Honours) degree in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] in 1962, and the B. Phil in Economics in 1965.<ref name="cv"/><ref name="bite"/><ref name="independent"/> From 1963 to 1966, overlapping with his time at Oxford, he was a junior member of India's diplomatic corps, the [[Indian Foreign Service|Indian Foreign Service (IFS)]], but resigned.<ref name="cv"/><ref name="bite"/><ref name="independent"/><ref name="cato">[http://www.cato.org/people/deepak-lal Cato Institute]</ref>

===Later career===
In 1966, he taught at Jesus College, Oxford. The 1989 ''American Economic Review'' directory lists him as lecturer at [[Christ Church, Oxford]] from 1966–68, and as Research Fellow at [[Nuffield College, Oxford]] from 1968–70.<ref name="cv"/> From 1970 to 1993, he taught at [[University College London]].,<ref name="cv"/><ref name="independent"/> becoming Professor in 1984. The 1989 American Economic Review directory listed his research interests as "North-South issues, labor markets in developing countries". In 1978, he was a visiting fellow at the [[Australian National University]].<ref name="bite"/>

Since 1991, he taught at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where he served as the [[James Samuel Coleman|James S. Coleman]] Professor of International Development Studies.<ref name="cv"/><ref name="independent"/> He was also a research fellow of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia.<ref>[http://www.international.ucla.edu/southasia/people/person.asp?Facultystaff_ID=73 UCLA Center for India and South Asia]</ref>

He worked as a consultant to the [[International Labour Organization]], [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]], [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]], the [[Planning Commission (India)|Indian Planning Commission]], the [[World Bank]], the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], and the Planning Ministries of [[Sri Lanka]] and [[South Korea]].<ref name="bite"/><ref name="independent"/> He served as Economic Advisor to the [[World Bank]] from 1983 to 1984, and as Research Administrator from 1984 to 1987.<ref name="bite"/><ref name="cato"/> From 1994 to 1997, he was co-director of the Trade Policy Unit at the [[Center for Policy Studies]].<ref name="bite"/> From 1994 to 1998, he was a Chairman of the board of advisors for the [[Nestle Lecture]] on the developing world.<ref name="bite"/> From 2000 to 2009, he was a member of the UK Shadow Chancellor's Council of Economic Advisors.<ref name="bite"/> Since 1999, he was a distinguished visiting fellow at the [[National Council for Economic Research]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="bite"/> He was also a research fellow at the [[Independent Institute]] and a Senior Fellow at the [[Cato Institute]].<ref name="independent"/><ref name="cato"/>

He served as President of the [[Mont Pelerin Society]] from 2008 to 2010, and also as Senior Vice President.<ref name="independent"/><ref>[https://www.montpelerin.org/montpelerin/mpsPresidents.html Mont Pelerin Society, Past Presidents]</ref><ref>[https://www.montpelerin.org/montpelerin/mpsBoard.html Mont Pelerin Society, Board of Directors]</ref>

He received honorary doctorates from the [[Paul Cézanne University]] in [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[France]] in 2002 and the [[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]] in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] in 2010.<ref name="bite"/> In 2007, he received the Italian [[Societa Libera]]'s International Freedom Prize for Economics.<ref name="bite"/>

==Bibliography==
* ''Wells and Welfare: An Exploratory Cost-Benefit Study of Small-Scale Irrigation in Maharashtra'' (1972)
* ''New Economic Policies for India'' (1973)
* ''Methods of Project Analysis: A Review'' (1974)
* ''Appraising Foreign Investment in Developing Countries'' (1975)
* ''Men or Machines: A Study of Labor-Capital Substitution in Road Construction in the Philippines'' (1978)
* ''Poverty, Power and Prejudice: The North-South Confrontation'' (1978)
* ''Market Access for Semi-Manufacturers from Developing Countries'' (1979)
* ''Prices for Planning: Towards the Reform of Indian Planning'' (1980)
* ''A Liberal International Economic Order: The International Monetary System and Economic Development'' (1980)
* ''Labor and Poverty in Kenya, 1800–1980'' (with P. Collier, 1986)
* ''Stagflation, Savings and the State: Perspective on the Global Economy'' (ed., with M. Wolf, 1986)
* ''Economic Growth in India'' (1988)
* ''Impediments to Trade Liberalization in Sri Lanka'' (with S. Rajapatirana, 1989)
* ''The Hindu Equilibrium: Vol. I – India – Cultural Stability and Economic Stagnation, C. 1500 B.C.'' (1989)
* ''The Hindu Equilibrium: Vol. II – Aspects of Indian Labor'' (1989)
* ''Nationalized Universities: Paradox of the Privatization'' (1989)
* ''Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honor of I.M.D. Little'' (1990)
* ''The Limits of International Cooperation'' (1990)
* ''Political Economy and Public Policy'' (1990)
* ''Fighting Fiscal Privilege'' (ed., 1992)
* ''The Repressed Economy: Causes, Consequences, Reform'' (1993)
* ''Against Dirigisme: The Case for Unshackling Economic Markets'' (1994)
* ''The Minimum Wage'' (1995)
* ''Poverty Markets and Democracy'' (1995)
* ''The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: A Comparative Study'' (with H. Myint, 1996)
* ''Unintended Consequences: The impact of Factor Endowments, Culture and Politics On Long Run Economic Performance'' (1998)
* ''Unfinished Business: India in the World Economy'' (1999)
* ''Renewing the Miracle: Economic Development and Asia'' (1999)
* ''EMU and Globalization'' (1999)
* ''Culture, Democracy and Development'' (1999)
* ''Green Imperialism'' (1999)
* ''Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'' (2000)
* ''The New Cultural Imperialism: Green scares and economic development'' (2000)
* ''[[The Poverty of "Development Economics"]]'' (2000)
* ''Trade, Development and Political Economy: Essays in honour of Anne Krueger'' (eds., with R. Snape, 2001)
* ''A Premium on Health: A national health insurance scheme'' (2001)
* ''The Japanese Slump'' (2001)
* ''In Defense of Empires'' (2004)
* ''In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order'' (2004)
* ''The Hindu Equilibrium: India c. 1500 B.C.–2000 A.D.'' (2004)
* ''Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Century'' (2006)
* ''Lost Causes: The Retreat from Classical Liberalism'' (2012)
* ''War or Peace: The Struggle for Power (2018)''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.econ.ucla.edu/lal/ Deepak Lal's UCLA faculty webpage]
* {{C-SPAN|deepaklal}}

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