Ravi Batra

Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University. Batra is the author of six bestselling books, two of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with one reaching No. 1 in late 1987. His books center on his idea that financial capitalism breeds excessive inequality and political corruption, which inevitably succumbs to financial crisis and economic depression. In his works, Batra proposes an equitable distribution system known as Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) as a means to not only ensure material welfare but also to secure the ability of all to develop a full personality. ^{Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic}

27 June 1943

Born on the same birth day (27 June): Alexander Peya • Angela King (environmentalist) • Bob Appleyard • Krzysztof Kieślowski • Patrick Sercu • Rudy Perpich • Vernon Watkins

Born in the same month (June 1943): Brian Sternberg • Carly Simon • Crescenzio Sepe • Ellyn Kaschak • Jim Guy Tucker • Johnny Hallyday • Klaus von Klitzing • Orietta Berti • Sandra Haynie • William Calley