Nationalism: The Economic Strategy for Survival of Developing Countries

The developing nations need to develop proper infrastructure that ensures their citizens an opportunity to be educated and to educate their children, to earn their living honorably, to have access to health care when needed and to be happy and secure. We know where we want to be. Do we know how to get there?

The developed nations want us to believe that globalization is the way to prosperity. This is pure sales talk. Globalism is a concept brought by the developed nations for their own benefit. Globalization is a ploy which aims to exploit the developing world with money of western investors in the same way the moneylenders have exploited the poor in our country for centuries. There is no truth in the belief that globalization is beneficial for the poor nations. In fact, it has been universally experienced that wherever this concept has been pursued the poor became poorer. It is true for individuals. It is true for nations as well.

Nationalism is the answer to our problems. Nationalism is simply doing what is in the best national interest. America and the other developed nations have followed this and always act in their own interests. Should developing countries not follow the example of United States and Europe and act in their best national interest? The book attempts to find answers to such key questions and suggests ways and means to achieve our economic objectives.

It will be highly useful to the students and teachers of Economics and serve as a good reference source for the researchers in the subject. It makes an interesting and inculcating reading for those who have an urge to know more about the current state of economy of India in the context of globalization.

Col. Bhaskar Sarkar, a graduate in Civil Engineering and a postgraduate in Military Science and Management, served in the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army for 28 years. Presently he is working as a civil engineer and management consultantthe profession which gave him a deep insight into peoples preferences while constructing houses and offices. Col. Sarkar is a prolific writer. He has published seven books, namely Pakistan Seeks Revenge and God Saves India; Tackling Insurgency and Terrorism; Kargil War: Past, Present and Future; Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army; Thirty-Nine Steps to Happiness; A Practical Approach to Vaastu Shastra; and Earthquakes: All We Need to Know About Them. Besides, he has contributed numerous articles in professional journals and newspapers like Deccan Herald.