Farooque Chowdhury
Farooque Chowdhury () is ex-editor of Paribesh patra, an environmental periodical (in Bangla) His writings focus on political economy, environmental sociology, Non Governmental Organization, micro-credit and Marxist theory. He is author of numerous books, the latest one is The Age of Crisis.. He is also co-editor of a series of reports on Bangladesh environment - People's Report on Bangladesh Environment.
Works
Farooque Chowdhury has unveiled the inherent characteristics of micro-credit by his edited book Micro-Credit : myth manufactured : unveiling appropriation of surplus value and an Icon. Contributors of this book are Doug Henwood, Patrick BOND, Bosse Kramsjo, Badruddin Umar, Susan F. Feiner, Durcilla K. Barker, Farooque Chowdhury, Robert Pollin, Gina Neff , Anu Muhammad and Omar Tareq Chowdhury. In his analysis on global financial crisis and food crisis 2008, he showed that food, fuel and feed are now tied together by a single string – profit. This tie, today, is stronger than ever before and it is this evil nexus that have created the Great Hunger 2008 across the globe. From Haiti to the Philippines, from the United States to Kenya, from France to Bangladesh, food crisis has raised its demon head. He argues that competition for accumulation of capital in the center and the near-center of the global financial system and the near-complete globalization by capital has intensified instability that is inherent in the present world order. On changing geopolitical situation he shows that today Chinese capital is engaged with “Oil”, more than ever before
Books
- Micro Credit: Myth Manufactured(2007)
- The Age of Crisis (ISBN 978-984-8827-01-7 2009)
- Lanchito-Banchitoer Pokkh (লাঞ্চিত-বঞ্চিতের পক্ষে), a short biograpies of Albert Einstein, Paul M. Sweezy, and harry Magdoff,Shrabon prokashani, 2006
- Bazzar O Baishamma,(বাজার ও বৈষম্য, মান্থলি রিভিয়ু প্রবন্ধ সংকলন, Market and Inequelity, a collection of essays from Monthly Reviews), Shrabon prokashani, 2008
- Amar Kaishor Aamaar Taarunna,Fidel Castro; (ফিদেল কাস্ত্রো, আমার কৈশোর আমার তারুণ্য,Fidel Castro, My Early years), Shrabon prokashani, 2008
- Einstein (translated book), (অনুদিত গ্রন্থ, আইনস্টাইন,মূল জো স্কোয়ার্টজ, মাইকেল ম্যাকগিনেস), Ganograntha Prokaashanee, 2005
- Graam Banglar Orthoniti Punorgathon (গ্রাম-বাংলার অর্থনীতি পূনর্গঠন, রেন দুমোঁর দৃষ্টিতে) a self-reliant rural Bangladesh development policy for the poor peasantry of sonor Bangladesh, a tentative report by Professor Rene Dumont, 2008, Shrabon prokashani, ISBN 984-70088-0010-9