C. N. Ramachandra Rao vs. Kenneth Boulding
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
C. N. Ramachandra Rao
1934 – present
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He has honorary doctorates from 86 universities from around the world and has authored around 1,800 research publications and 58 books. He is described as a scientist who had won all possible awards in his field except the Nobel Prize.
"The only part of the early concept of the elements that has survived is that elements have distinctive properties."
Kenneth Boulding
1910 – 1993
Kenneth Ewart Boulding was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. Boulding was the author of two citation classics: The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society (1956) and Conflict and Defense: A General Theory (1962). He was co-founder of general systems theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science.
"Economists can take a good deal of credit for the stabilization policies which have been followed in most Western countries since 1945 with considerable success…"
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