Publications

Journal articles

• Thomas, A. M. (2025). Keynes and Ricardo on consumption. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 49(5), 999‑1014.
• Thomas, A. M. (2025). The politics of microeconomics. Economic & Political Weekly, 60(29), 17 – 21.
• Thomas, A. M., Venkatachalam, L & Hafsal, K. (2025). Introduction to the Special Issue on the History of Economic Thought. Review of Development and Change, 30(Special Issue), 5 – 9.
• Thomas, A. M. (2025). Taste formation in Classical Political Economy. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 32(2), 171 – 189.
• Thomas, A. M. (2024). Classical economics and the question of aggregate demand. Review of Political Economy, 36(3), 1064 – 1078. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​8​0​/​0​9​5​3​8​2​5​9​.​2​0​2​2​.​2​1​56160
• Thomas, A. M. (2023). Recent histories of Indian Economic Thought: A critical survey. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 64(2), 19 – 44.
• Thomas, A. M. (2022). Classical economics and Keynes. Economic & Political Weekly, 57(9), 70 – 71. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​2​2​/​9​/​d​i​s​c​u​s​s​i​o​n​/​c​l​a​s​s​i​c​a​l​-​e​c​o​n​o​m​i​c​s​-​a​n​d​-​k​e​y​n​e​s​.html
• Thomas, A. M. (2021). COVID-19 and economics education: A view from India. International Journal of Pluralism & Economics Education, 12(1), 67 – 70. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​5​0​4​/​I​J​P​E​E​.​2​0​2​1​.​1​18151
• Thomas, A. M. (2021). On ​“effectual demand” and the ​“extent of the market” in Adam Smith and David Ricardo. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 28(3), pp. 305 – 23.
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). Romer and Nordhaus’s Nobel winning contributions. Economic & Political Weekly, 54(35), 10 – 13.
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). Adam Smith on wages and education: Some policy implications for India. Indian Journal of Human Development, 13(1), 84 – 89.
• Thomas, A. M. (2018). A note on the role of aggregate demand in Ricardo. History of Economics Review, 70(1), 60 – 71.
• Thomas, A. M. (2018). Consumption and activity levels in Cantillon’s Essai. History of Economic Ideas, 26(1),11 – 29.
• Thomas, A. M. (2018). Arun Bose on Sraffa: Value theory and demand. Artha Vijnana, 60(1), 17 – 33.
• Thomas, A. M., & De, R. (2018). Rethinking undergraduate economics Education. Economic & Political Weekly, 53(3), 21 – 24.
• Thomas, A. M. (2018). Adam Smith on the philosophy and provision of education. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 30(1), 105 – 116.
• Thomas, A. M. (2017). Ricardo’s principles, 200 years later. Artha Vijnana, 59(4), 334 – 338.
• Thomas, A. M., & Walling, L. (2015). On interest, investment and economic growth. Economic & Political Weekly, L(17),125 – 126.
• Thomas, A. M. (2015). Economic survey 2014 – 15: Growth policy and theory. Economic & Political Weekly, L(32), 62 – 65.
• Thomas, A. M., & Joshi, D.P.P. (2013). Using an aggregate production function: Some methodological issues. Economic & Political Weekly, XLVIII(17), 55 – 56.
• Thomas, A. M. (2012). Cantillon’s political economy. Economic & Political Weekly, XLVII(31), 92 – 96.
• Thomas, A. M., Omkarnath, G., & Walling, L. (2011). Pierangelo Garegnani: A tribute. Economic & Political Weekly, XLVI(52), 27 – 29.

Books

• Thomas, A. M. (2021). Macroeconomics: An introduction [E‑book]. Cambridge University Press. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​7​/​9​7​8​1​1​0​8​7​64919
• Sinha, A., & Thomas, A. M. (Eds.). (2019). Pluralistic economics and its history. Routledge. https://​www​.rout​ledge​.com/​P​l​u​r​a​l​i​s​t​i​c​-​E​c​o​n​o​m​i​c​s​-​a​n​d​-​I​t​s​-​H​i​s​t​o​r​y​/​S​i​n​h​a​-​T​h​o​m​a​s​/​p​/​b​o​o​k​/​9​7​8​0​3​6​7​2​32351

Chapters in edited books

• Thomas, A. M. (2023). Ricardo and classical political economy. In J.E. King (Ed.), The Anthem Companion to David Ricardo. Anthem Press. https://​anthempress​.com/​t​he-an….
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). Theories of activity levels and growth before Adam Smith. In A. Sinha and A. M. Thomas (Eds.), Pluralistic Economics and its History. Routledge. https://​www​.tay​lor​fran​cis​.com/​c​h​a​p​t​e​r​s​/​e​d​i​t​/​1​0​.​4​3​2​4​/​9​7​8​0​4​2​9​2​78860 – 3/theories-activity-levels-growth-adam-smith-alex-thomas

Book reviews

• Thomas, A. M. (2026), ​‘Bach, Maria. Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists’, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 307 – 309.
• Thomas, A. M. (2024). [Review of the book Veblen: The Making of an Economist Who Unmade Economics, by Charles Camic], Serendipities: Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences,  9(1), 59 – 68. https://​tidsskrift​.dk/​S​e​r​e​n​d​i​p​i​t​i​e​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​d​o​w​n​l​o​a​d​/​1​5​1​5​6​8​/​1​9​4​8​0​8​/​3​37344
• Thomas, A. M. (2022). Sraffa’s political economy. [Review of the book A Reflection on Sraffa’s Revolution in Economic Theory, by Ajit Sinha (Ed.)], Economic & Political Weekly, 57(33), 30 – 34. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​2​2​/​3​3​/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​s​r​a​f​f​a​s​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​a​l​-​e​c​o​n​o​m​y​.html
• Thomas, A. M. (2021). [Review of the book Naoroji, by Dinyar Patel], Artha Vijnana, 63(2), 209–211. https://​pub​li​ca​tions​.azim​premji​foun​da​tion​.org/​2783/
• Thomas, A. M. (2021). [Review of the book Roy Harrod, by Esteban Perez Caldentey], Indian Journal of Human Development, 15(2), 365 – 369. https://​jour​nals​.sagepub​.com/​d​o​i​/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​0​9​7​3​7​0​3​0​2​1​1​0​23372
• Thomas, A. M. (2020). [Review of the book The age of fragmentation: A history of contemporary economic thought, by Alessandro Roncaglia], Economic & Political Weekly, 55(45), 28 – 31.
• Thomas, A. M. (2020). [Review of the book Adam Smith: A very short introduction, by Christopher J. Berry], Indian Journal of Human Development, 14(2), 344 – 346.
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). [Review of the book A brief history of economic thought, by Alessandro Roncaglia], Artha Vijnana, 61(4), 364 – 372.
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). [Review of Macroeconomics of the black economy by Saumen Chattopadhyay], Economic & Political Weekly, LIV(33), 47 – 48.
• Thomas, A. M. (2019). The fact/​fiction of Indian agriculture. [Review of the book Death of a Moneylender by K. Neelima], Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS).
• Nallur, V., & Thomas, A. M. (2018). Urgency of inclusive education. [Review of the book Dynamics of inclusive classroom: Social diversity, inequality and school education, by M. K. Tiwary, S. Kumar, & A. K. Mishra (Eds.)]. The Book Review India, 42(5), 945. https://​www​.the​bookre​viewin​dia​.org/​u​r​g​e​n​c​y​-​o​f​-​i​n​c​l​u​s​i​v​e​-​e​d​u​c​a​tion/
• Thomas, A. M. (2017). [Review of the book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty]. Beyond disciplines, 1(1), 130 – 134.
• Thomas, A. M. (2017), [Review of the book India’s long road: The search for prosperity, by Vijay Joshi]. Artha Journal of Social Sciences, 16(2), 87 – 92.
• Thomas, A. M. (2016). [Review of the book Economic thought: A brief history, by Heinz Kurz]. Economic & Political Weekly, LI(43), 35 – 38.
• Thomas, A. M. (2015). [Review of the book A history of development economics thought, by S. R. Khan]. History of Economics Review.
• Thomas, A. M. (2014). (Mis)understanding economic growth and development. [Reviews of the books An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions, by J. Dréze & A. Sen and Why growth matters: How economic growth in India reduced poverty and the lessons for other developing countries, by J. Bhagwati, & A. Panagariya]. ISBinsight, 1(2), 59 – 60.

Newspaper articles

• Nallur, V. , & Thomas, A.M. (2019, June 20). The forgotten funds. The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​t​h​e​-​f​o​r​g​o​t​t​e​n​-​f​u​n​d​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​8​0​7​8​2​5​2.ece
• Thomas, A. M. (2019, January 10). Why Adam Smith favoured Public Education. The Hindu. https://​www​.the​hin​du​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​o​p​-​e​d​/​w​h​y​-​a​d​a​m​-​s​m​i​t​h​-​f​a​v​o​u​r​e​d​-​p​u​b​l​i​c​-​e​d​u​c​a​t​i​o​n​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​2​5​9​5​2​8​7​8.ece
• Thomas, A. M. (2016, September 08). The foreign hand isn’t enough. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/The-foreign-hand-isn%E2%80%99t-enough/article14626733.ece

Magazine articles

• Thomas, A. M. (2021, September 26). An ideal economist. The Mint Magazine. https://​www​.them​int​magazine​.com/​a​n​-​i​d​e​a​l​-​e​c​o​n​o​mist/
• Thomas, A. M. (2017, February 24). India’s short road to crisis. Jacobin. https://​jacobin​.com/​2​0​1​7​/​0​2​/​i​n​d​i​a​-​d​e​m​o​n​e​t​i​z​a​t​i​o​n​-​c​a​s​h​l​e​s​s​-​s​o​c​i​e​t​y​-​m​o​d​i​-​f​a​rmers
• Thomas, A. M. (2016, May – June). (Un)learning economics. Teacher Plus, 88 – 91. https://​pub​li​ca​tions​.azim​premji​foun​da​tion​.org/​2348/
• Thomas, A. M. (2012). Economics textbooks as commodities. Student Struggle, 43(2), 19 – 21.

Online articles

• Thomas, A. M. (2022, September 19). Kanta Ranadive: A forgotten Indian political economist. D‑Econ. https://d‑econ.org/kanta-ranadive-a-forgotten-indian-political-economist/
• Thomas, A. M. (2018, November 09). Demonetisation made winners of companies like Paytm, The poor are still counting the costs. Huffington Post India. https://​www​.huff​post​.com/​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​/​i​n​/​e​n​t​r​y​/​d​e​m​o​n​e​t​i​s​a​t​i​o​n​-​m​a​d​e​-​w​i​n​n​e​r​s​-​o​f​-​c​o​m​p​a​n​i​e​s​-​l​i​k​e​-​p​a​y​t​m​-​t​h​e​-​p​o​o​r​-​a​r​e​-​s​t​i​l​l​-​c​o​u​n​t​i​n​g​-​t​h​e​-​c​o​s​t​s​_​i​n​_​5​c​0​f​e​b​6​b​e​4​b​0​5​1​c​7​3​e​a​c3e11
• Thomas, A. M. (2017, December 27). Increasing economic disparity in India is making it impossible for the poor to have a good life. Huffington Post India. https://​www​.huff​post​.com/​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​/​i​n​/​e​n​t​r​y​/​i​n​c​r​e​a​s​i​n​g​-​e​c​o​n​o​m​i​c​-​d​i​s​p​a​r​i​t​y​-​i​n​-​i​n​d​i​a​-​i​s​-​m​a​k​i​n​g​-​i​t​-​i​m​p​o​s​s​i​b​l​e​-​f​o​r​-​t​h​e​-​p​o​o​r​-​t​o​-​h​a​v​e​-​a​-​g​o​o​d​-​l​i​f​e​_​i​n​_​5​c​0​f​e​b​2​c​e​4​b​0​5​1​c​7​3​e​a​c3ad8
• Thomas, A. M. (2017, October 5). Jean Drèze’s ​‘Sense and solidarity: Jholawala economics for everyone’ rightly underscores ethics and social norms. Huffington Post India. https://​www​.huff​post​.com/​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​/​i​n​/​e​n​t​r​y​/​j​e​a​n​-​d​r​e​z​e​-​s​-​s​e​n​s​e​-​a​n​d​-​s​o​l​i​d​a​r​i​t​y​-​j​h​o​l​a​w​a​l​a​-​e​c​o​n​o​m​i​c​s​-​f​o​r​-​e​v​e​r​y​o​n​e​-​r​i​g​h​t​l​y​-​u​n​d​e​r​s​c​o​r​e​s​-​e​t​h​i​c​s​-​a​n​d​-​s​o​c​i​a​l​-​n​o​r​m​s​_​i​n​_​5​c​1​0​f​3​d​c​e​4​b​0​8​5​2​6​0​b​a​7655d
• Thomas, A. M. (2017, September 09). Why ​‘one nation, one tax’ doesn’t really make sense in India. Huffington Post India. https://​www​.huff​post​.com/​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​/​i​n​/​e​n​t​r​y​/​w​h​y​-​o​n​e​-​n​a​t​i​o​n​-​o​n​e​-​t​a​x​-​d​o​e​s​n​-​t​-​r​e​a​l​l​y​-​m​a​k​e​-​s​e​n​s​e​-​i​n​-​i​n​d​i​a​_​i​n​_​5​c​0​f​e​a​e​4​e​4​b​0​5​1​c​7​3​e​a​c37e1
• Thomas, A. M., Arora, T., Kumar, N., et al. (2012). Heterodox Economics, Economic & Political Weekly, XLVII(5), 4. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​1​2​/​0​5​/​l​e​t​t​e​r​s​/​h​e​t​e​r​o​d​o​x​-​e​c​o​n​o​m​i​c​s​.html

Blog

• Thomas, A.M. Undergraduate economist: Perspectives of an economics student. www​.alexmthomas​.com

Blog posts

• Thomas, A. M. (2024). C. T. Kurien and rethinking economics. Developing Economics. https://developingeconomics.org/2024/09/06/c‑t-kurien-and-rethinking-economics/
• Thomas, A. M. (2020). Revisiting the economic thought of K. N. Raj. Ala, 22.
• Thomas, A. M. (2020). Revisiting the economic thought of K. N. Raj. Ala, 22.

Working paper

• Thomas, A. M. (2025). The Indian Reception of Sraffa: A Study of Book Reviews, Centro Sraffa Working Paper series, no. 70, 1 – 21. https://​www​.cen​tros​raf​fa​.org/​p​u​b​l​i​c​/​7​f​4​1​b​4​9​5​-​d​f​7​b​-​4​9​b​2​-​9​9​c​6​-​b​c​0​4​b​5​6​e​d​d​f​3.pdf

Encyclopedia entry

• Thomas, A. M. (2023). The political economy of wages. In: Chacko Chennattuserry, J., Deshpande, M., Hong, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21^st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7/978 – 981-16 – 9859-0_8‑1

Lectures

• (2023, April 18). The Sociological Smith [Lecture recording]. Madras Institute of Development Studies. https://​www​.youtube​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​?​v​=​f​f​e​z​t​v​M​s​_​d​E​&​l​i​s​t​=​P​L​O​Y​e​M​8​V​H​t​a​_​z​K​f​T​S​U​8​4​d​H​w​x​1​v​K​Y​x​O​F​N​3​5​&​i​n​dex=1
• (2023, February 03). Macroeconomics for dummies. [Lecture recording]. Zerodha Online. https://​www​.youtube​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​?​v​=​v​F​-​I​f​f​G​a​D​p​c​&​l​i​s​t​=​P​L​O​Y​e​M​8​V​H​t​a​_​z​K​f​T​S​U​8​4​d​H​w​x​1​v​K​Y​x​O​F​N​3​5​&​i​n​dex=2