Amit Bhaduri is responding to the following questions:

You are an economist who has done research at a lot of locations and universities all over the world. Is there a common culture of scientific research? What is common, what is different with regard to doing research in Delhi, Cambridge, or Berlin?

How do you explain the dominance of mainstream economics?

Who were your academic teachers?

You are one of the most prominent proponents of Post-Keynesianism. What are the most important and promising current development lines of Post- Keynesian theory in your opinion?

John Maynard Keynes’s ideas seem to play a certain role both in economic theory and policy in the Anglo-Saxon world, while most German economists consider his ideas and policy recommendations as overcome. Why is that so in your opinion?

What importance do you attach to micro-economics? What do you think of the recent attempts to create a new »micro-foundation« of economics?

Your notion of »diverse agents« provokes the question whether Marxian theory has any importance for your work.

You are also a renowned expert in the field of growth theory: how do you assess the »new« or the so-called endogenous growth theory?

Do you see any possibility to combine Schumpeterian and Post-Keynesian growth theory?

For more than a decade economic growth has been markedly lower in the Euro area and particularly in Germany compared to Great Britain and the United States. What is your explanation for that?

How do you assess in this context the growth strategy – the so-called »Lisbon Process« – the European Union is currently pursuing?

Do you agree with the hypothesis that the most promising strategy to overcome under-development for the least and less developed countries is to participate in globalisation, i. e. to integrate themselves in the world market?

India is well known for its booming computer service industry. Do you think that this is a promising growth strategy?