Jagdish Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati

• Born: July 26, 1934, Mumbai, India.
• Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati is an India-born, naturalized American economist. 
• He is a professor of economics and law at Columbia University.
• He is notable for his researches in international trade and for his advocacy of free trade.
• Bhagwati had a public academic spat over India's welfare policies with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who was influential in the UPA government. While both men agree on the need for social spending and economic growth to fight poverty, Bhagwati accuses Sen of not backing reforms needed to stimulate growth, including in tax, labour, privatisation and foreign investment.