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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Born in [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat, India]], Desai grew up with two brothers and one sister. He is said to have gone to secondary school at age seven and matriculated at 14. He secured a bachelor's degree in economics from [[Ramnarain Ruia College]], affiliated to the [[University of Mumbai]], and then pursued a master's degree in economics from the Department of Economics(now ~~callled~~ Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy) of University of Mumbai, after which he won a scholarship to [[University of Pennsylvania]] in August 1960. He completed his PhD in economics at Pennsylvania in 1963.		Born in [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat, India]], Desai grew up with two brothers and one sister. He is said to have gone to secondary school at age seven and matriculated at 14. He secured a bachelor's degree in economics from [[Ramnarain Ruia College]], affiliated to the [[University of Mumbai]], and then pursued a master's degree in economics from the Department of Economics (now called the Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy) of University of Mumbai, after which he won a scholarship to [[University of Pennsylvania]] in August 1960. He completed his PhD in economics at Pennsylvania in 1963.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	Desai retired from the LSE in 2003. Since then he has published ''Rethinking Islamism: Ideology of the New Terror'' (2006), ''The Route to All Evil: The Political Economy of [[Ezra Pound]]'' (2007), a novel ''Dead on Time'', (2009) and ''The Rediscovery of India'' (2009).		Desai retired from the LSE in 2003. Since then he has published ''Rethinking Islamism: Ideology of the New Terror'' (2006), ''The Route to All Evil: The Political Economy of [[Ezra Pound]]'' (2007), a novel ''Dead on Time'', (2009) and ''The Rediscovery of India'' (2009).

	Lord Desai serves as the founder chairman of the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics in Mumbai (MDAE).<ref>http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MDAE_Brochure.pdf ~~{{Bare URL inline~~\|date=May ~~2021~~}}</ref> MDAE offers a one-year post-graduate diploma in economics, offered jointly with Department of Economics (Autonomous), University of Mumbai. MDAE focuses on applied learning and case studies rather than on rote learning. Students will participate in workshops and seminars with top economics and finance professionals from around the world.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/post-graduate-diploma-in-economics-and-finance/\|title=Post graduate Diploma in Economics {{!}} Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics\|date=27 April 2015\|work=Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics\|access-date=30 October 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Lord Desai serves as the founder chairman of the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics in Mumbai (MDAE).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MDAE_Brochure.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=31 January 2016 \|archive-date=28 May 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528231936/http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MDAE_Brochure.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> MDAE offers a one-year post-graduate diploma in economics, offered jointly with Department of Economics (Autonomous), University of Mumbai. MDAE focuses on applied learning and case studies rather than on rote learning. Students will participate in workshops and seminars with top economics and finance professionals from around the world.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/post-graduate-diploma-in-economics-and-finance/\|title=Post graduate Diploma in Economics {{!}} Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics\|date=27 April 2015\|work=Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics\|access-date=30 October 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Saif Al-Gaddafi thesis==		==Saif Al-Gaddafi thesis==
	{{Main\|~~LSE Libya Links~~}}		{{Main\|LSE–Gaddafi affair}}

	In 2007, Desai was asked by the University of London to serve with Tony McGrew of the [[University of Southampton]] as one of the two examiners of the PhD thesis of [[Saif al-Islam Gaddafi]], the son of the then leader of Libya. They did not immediately accept the thesis, as it was found to be weak. The candidate was subjected to an oral examination for two and a half hours and Gaddafi was asked to revise and re-submit it.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/04/lse-heavy-price-saif-gaddafis-phd \| work=The Guardian \| first=Meghnad \| last=Desai \| title=LSE is paying a heavy price for Saif Gaddafi's PhD \| date=4 March 2011}}</ref> The revised version was subsequently accepted.		In 2007, Desai was asked by the University of London to serve with Tony McGrew of the [[University of Southampton]] as one of the two examiners of the PhD thesis of [[Saif al-Islam Gaddafi]], the son of the then leader of Libya. They did not immediately accept the thesis, as it was found to be weak. The candidate was subjected to an oral examination for two and a half hours and Gaddafi was asked to revise and re-submit it.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/04/lse-heavy-price-saif-gaddafis-phd \| work=The Guardian \| first=Meghnad \| last=Desai \| title=LSE is paying a heavy price for Saif Gaddafi's PhD \| date=4 March 2011}}</ref> The revised version was subsequently accepted.
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	As Desai had already retired from the LSE he had no involvement with the donation from Saif Gaddafi's charity to the LSE.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12642636 \| work=BBC News \| title=LSE director Sir Howard Davies resigns over Libya links \| date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Learning from the press of these links between LSE and Libya, Desai demanded that the money be returned to the people of Libya.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105210944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2011 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Libya unrest: Send back the blood money, says Meghnad Desai \| date=6 March 2011}}</ref> He expressed disappointment at a speech Saif Gaddafi subsequently made on Libyan state television declaring the Gaddafi family's willingness to "fight to the last bullet", observing that "he was not behaving as if he had had an LSE education."<ref>''London Evening Standard'', 22 February 2011 {{cite web \|url=http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=25 February 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225164836/http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html \|archive-date=25 February 2011 }} (accessed 25 February 2011).</ref>		As Desai had already retired from the LSE he had no involvement with the donation from Saif Gaddafi's charity to the LSE.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12642636 \| work=BBC News \| title=LSE director Sir Howard Davies resigns over Libya links \| date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Learning from the press of these links between LSE and Libya, Desai demanded that the money be returned to the people of Libya.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105210944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2011 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Libya unrest: Send back the blood money, says Meghnad Desai \| date=6 March 2011}}</ref> He expressed disappointment at a speech Saif Gaddafi subsequently made on Libyan state television declaring the Gaddafi family's willingness to "fight to the last bullet", observing that "he was not behaving as if he had had an LSE education."<ref>''London Evening Standard'', 22 February 2011 {{cite web \|url=http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=25 February 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225164836/http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html \|archive-date=25 February 2011 }} (accessed 25 February 2011).</ref>

	~~Lord (Meghnad)~~ Desai is chairman of the [[Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum]] (OMFIF) Advisory Board, an independent financial think tank which serves as a neutral, non-lobbying platform for exchanges among official institutions and private sector counterparties worldwide.		Desai is chairman of the [[Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum]] (OMFIF) Advisory Board, an independent financial think tank which serves as a neutral, non-lobbying platform for exchanges among official institutions and private sector counterparties worldwide.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	During the course of writing ''Nehru's Hero'', Desai met Kishwar Ahluwalia (now [[Kishwar Desai]]), his second wife who worked as an editor for this book. On 20 July 2004 the couple married. Desai and 47-year-old Ahluwalia were both divorced and married at a registrar's office in London.<ref name=toi04>{{cite news \|title=Lord Meghnad weds his lady love\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103092145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 January 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date= 20 July 2004 }}</ref>		During the course of writing ''Nehru's Hero'', Desai met Kishwar Ahluwalia (now [[Kishwar Desai]]), his second wife who worked as an editor for this book. On 20 July 2004 the couple married. Desai and 47-year-old Ahluwalia were both divorced and married at a registrar's office in London.<ref name=toi04>{{cite news \|title=Lord Meghnad weds his lady love\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103092145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 January 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date= 20 July 2004 }}</ref>

	Desai is an [[atheist]]<ref>"Lord Desai:[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980604/text/80604-06.htm Lords Hansard, 4 Jun 1998: Column 481] (accessed 24 April 2008).</ref> and is an Honorary Associate of the [[National Secular Society]]. He is also a member of and an advisor to [[India League\|the 1928 Institute]] ~~(formally the India League)~~<ref>{{Cite web\|last=The 1928\|first=Institute\|title=Notable Members\|url=https://www.1928institute.org/notable-members\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Desai is an [[atheist]]<ref>"Lord Desai:[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980604/text/80604-06.htm Lords Hansard, 4 Jun 1998: Column 481] (accessed 24 April 2008).</ref> and is an Honorary Associate of the [[National Secular Society]]. He is also a member of and an advisor to [[India League (1928 Institute)\|the 1928 Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=The 1928\|first=Institute\|title=Notable Members\|url=https://www.1928institute.org/notable-members\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai''' (born 10 July 1940), is a British economist and former<ref name="timesofisrael"/> [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of [[Lord Speaker]] in the [[House of Lords]] in 2011.<ref>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/2011/lord-speaker-election-2011result.pdf, Result</ref> He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in the [[Republic of India]], in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=LN Mittal, Ratan Tata, Narayana Murthy get Padma Vibhushan|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-01-26/news/27713021_1_padma-vibhushan-padma-awards-second-highest-civilian-award|access-date=26 January 2008 | work=The Times of India|date=26 January 2008}}</ref> He is Professor [[Emeritus]] of the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="LSE Blogs"/>

==Early life==
Born in [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat, India]], Desai grew up with two brothers and one sister. He is said to have gone to secondary school at age seven and matriculated at 14. He secured a bachelor's degree in economics from [[Ramnarain Ruia College]], affiliated to the [[University of Mumbai]], and then pursued a master's degree in economics from the Department of Economics(now callled Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy) of University of Mumbai, after which he won a scholarship to [[University of Pennsylvania]] in August 1960. He completed his PhD in economics at Pennsylvania in 1963.

==Political career==
Desai has been active in the British Labour Party, becoming chairman between 1986 and 1992, and was made Honorary Lifetime and President of [[Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington South and Finsbury]] [[Constituency Labour Party]] in London. He was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Desai''', ''of [[St Clement Danes]] in the [[City of Westminster]]'', on 5 June 1991.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52554 |date=10 June 1991 |page=8883}}</ref> He was a member of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/|title=LFI Supporters in Parliament|access-date=8 September 2019|work=Labour Friends of Israel}}</ref> Desai quit his Labour Party membership of 49 years over antisemitism concerns in November 2020, following the readmission of former Party Leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a member.<ref name="timesofisrael">[https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/labour-peer-resigns-membership-of-49-years-over-antisemitism/ Labour peer resigns membership of 49 years over antisemitism]</ref>

==Academic career==
Currently,{{when|date=April 2020}} Desai is chairman of the [[Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum]] ([[OMFIF]]) Advisory Board, an independent membership-driven research network.<ref name="OMFIF">{{cite web |title=Advisers Network|url=https://www.omfif.org/about/advisers-network/|publisher=OMFIF|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> It focuses on global policy and investment themes for off the record public and private sector engagement and analysis.
He is the current chairman of the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, a post-graduation institute in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="MDAE">{{cite web |title=Board of Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics|url=https://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/the-team/|publisher=Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

Previously, Desai has worked as an Associate Specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics, [[University of California, Berkeley]], California. He became a lecturer at the [[London School of Economics]] in 1965 and professor of economics in 1983. At the LSE, he taught [[econometrics]], [[macroeconomics]], [[Marxian economics]] and [[development economics]] over the years.<ref name="LSE Blogs">{{cite web |date= 10 September 2012|title=Lord Meghnad Desai: Arguing about the world|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2012/09/10/lord-meghnad-desai-arguing-about-the-world/|publisher=LSE Blogs|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> From 1990 to 1995, he headed LSE’s Development Studies Institute and lead LSE Global Governance from 1992 to 2003.<ref name="LSE Blogs"/>

Desai wrote his first book ''Marxian Economic Theory'' in 1973 followed by ''Applied Econometrics'' in 1976 and ''Marxian Economics'', a revised edition of his 1973 book in 1979. He wrote ''Testing Monetarism'', a critique of [[monetarism]], in 1981.

In the 1970s, he taught an idiosyncratic version of economic principles to freshers at the LSE (starting with [[Piero Sraffa]]).

Desai has written extensively publishing over 200 articles in academic journals and had a regular column in the British radical weekly ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' during 1985–1994, in the Indian business daily ''Business Standard'' (1995–2001) and in ''Indian Express'' and ''Financial Express''. From 1984 to 1991, he was co-editor of the ''Journal of Applied [[Econometrics]]''. A selection of his academic papers was published in two volumes as ''The Selected Essays of Meghnad Desai'' in 1995.

[[File:Bill Clinton with Professor Lord Meghnad Desai (Joint Chair).jpg|thumb|left|Meghnad Desai with [[Bill Clinton]] in 2001]]
In 2002, Desai's book ''[[Marx's Revenge]]: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism'' stated that [[globalisation]] would tend toward the revival of socialism. Desai analyses some of Marx's lesser known writings and argues that his theories enhance our understanding of modern capitalism and globalization. His work was well received, with [[The Guardian]] stating 'If only socialists had studied Marx properly, they would have known all along that capitalism would triumph. Meghnad Desai gets behind the slogans in Marx's Revenge'.

Desai published a biography of Indian film star [[Dilip Kumar]] entitled ''Nehru's Hero: Dilip Kumar in the life of India'' (Roli, 2004). He has described the book as his "greatest achievement". Examining Kumar's films – some of which Desai has seen more than 15 times – he discovers parallels between the socio-political arena in India and its reflection on screen. He discusses issues as varied as censorship, the iconic values of Indian [[machismo]], [[cultural identity]] and [[secularism]], and analyses how the films portrayed a changing India at that time.

In 2003, Desai retired as Director of the Centre for the Study of [[global governance]], which he founded in 1992 at the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE), where he is now professor emeritus. He was chairman of the Trustee's Board for Training for Life, Chairman of the Management Board of City Roads and on the Board of ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' magazine. Lord Desai was also a founding member of the Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) at the LSE in 1990.

Desai retired from the LSE in 2003. Since then he has published ''Rethinking Islamism: Ideology of the New Terror'' (2006), ''The Route to All Evil: The Political Economy of [[Ezra Pound]]'' (2007), a novel ''Dead on Time'', (2009) and ''The Rediscovery of India'' (2009).

Lord Desai serves as the founder chairman of the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics in Mumbai (MDAE).<ref>http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MDAE_Brochure.pdf {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2021}}</ref> MDAE offers a one-year post-graduate diploma in economics, offered jointly with Department of Economics (Autonomous), University of Mumbai. MDAE focuses on applied learning and case studies rather than on rote learning. Students will participate in workshops and seminars with top economics and finance professionals from around the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/post-graduate-diploma-in-economics-and-finance/|title=Post graduate Diploma in Economics {{!}} Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics|date=27 April 2015|work=Meghnad Desai Academy Of Economics|access-date=30 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Saif Al-Gaddafi thesis==
{{Main|LSE Libya Links}}

In 2007, Desai was asked by the University of London to serve with Tony McGrew of the [[University of Southampton]] as one of the two examiners of the PhD thesis of [[Saif al-Islam Gaddafi]], the son of the then leader of Libya. They did not immediately accept the thesis, as it was found to be weak. The candidate was subjected to an oral examination for two and a half hours and Gaddafi was asked to revise and re-submit it.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/04/lse-heavy-price-saif-gaddafis-phd | work=The Guardian | first=Meghnad | last=Desai | title=LSE is paying a heavy price for Saif Gaddafi's PhD | date=4 March 2011}}</ref> The revised version was subsequently accepted.

As Desai had already retired from the LSE he had no involvement with the donation from Saif Gaddafi's charity to the LSE.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12642636 | work=BBC News | title=LSE director Sir Howard Davies resigns over Libya links | date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Learning from the press of these links between LSE and Libya, Desai demanded that the money be returned to the people of Libya.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105210944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-06/uk/28659770_1_lse-thesis-meghnad-desai | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 November 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Libya unrest: Send back the blood money, says Meghnad Desai | date=6 March 2011}}</ref> He expressed disappointment at a speech Saif Gaddafi subsequently made on Libyan state television declaring the Gaddafi family's willingness to "fight to the last bullet", observing that "he was not behaving as if he had had an LSE education."<ref>''London Evening Standard'', 22 February 2011 {{cite web |url=http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225164836/http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2011/02/desai-tells-lse-not-to-disown-gaddafis-son.html |archive-date=25 February 2011 }} (accessed 25 February 2011).</ref>

Lord (Meghnad) Desai is chairman of the [[Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum]] (OMFIF) Advisory Board, an independent financial think tank which serves as a neutral, non-lobbying platform for exchanges among official institutions and private sector counterparties worldwide.

==Personal life==
In 1970, Desai married his LSE colleague Gail Wilson, his first wife. She was the daughter of [[George Ambler Wilson]], [[CBE]]. They had three children.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

During the course of writing ''Nehru's Hero'', Desai met Kishwar Ahluwalia (now [[Kishwar Desai]]), his second wife who worked as an editor for this book. On 20 July 2004 the couple married. Desai and 47-year-old Ahluwalia were both divorced and married at a registrar's office in London.<ref name=toi04>{{cite news |title=Lord Meghnad weds his lady love|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103092145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-20/rest-of-world/27154824_1_lord-meghnad-desai-simple-wedding-eminent-economist |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date= 20 July 2004 }}</ref>

Desai is an [[atheist]]<ref>"Lord Desai:[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980604/text/80604-06.htm Lords Hansard, 4 Jun 1998: Column 481] (accessed 24 April 2008).</ref> and is an Honorary Associate of the [[National Secular Society]]. He is also a member of and an advisor to [[India League|the 1928 Institute]] (formally the India League)<ref>{{Cite web|last=The 1928|first=Institute|title=Notable Members|url=https://www.1928institute.org/notable-members|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==
* 1975, "The Phillips Curve: A Revisionist Interpretation". ''[[Economica]]'', February 1975.
* 1980, ''The Keynesian Theory of Investment: A Critique and a Reformulation'', AUTE Conference, Durham, 1980.
* 1994, "Equilibrium, Expectations and Knowledge", in J. Birner & R. van Zijp, ''Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution; His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and the History of Ideas'', Routledge 1994.
* 2002, ''Marx’s Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism'', Verso Books
* 2004, ''Nehru's Hero: Dilip Kumar in the Life of India'', Lotus Collection
* 2006, ''The Route of All Evil: The Political Economy of Ezra Pound'', Faber & Faber
* 2009, ''Dead on Time'', Beautiful Books Limited (UK).
* 2013, ''Pakeezah : An Ode to a Bygone World'', HarperCollins India
* 2015, ''Hubris: Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One''

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_meghnaddesai.html Interview with PBS]
* [https://www.meghnaddesaiacademy.org/ MDAE]*
* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/LSEMagazine/pdf/summer2004/biographySpread.pdf LSE Biography]
* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/index.htm Centre for the study of Global Governance]
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* [http://indianexpress.com/columnist/meghnaddesai/ ''Indian Express'' columns]
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*[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-02/saif-qaddafi-probed-by-lse-over-plagiarism-claim-sky-news-says.html]

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