T. M. Thomas Isaac (Author)
TM Thomas Isaac is a communist leader, two-time finance minister in Government of Kerala, and an academic focused on development alternatives, democratic decentralization, cooperatives and public finance.
Richard W. Franke is an anthropologist and professor emeritus at Montclair State University whohas focused his research and writing on causes and implications of inequality in development in Indonesia, the African Sahel, and the Indian State of Kerala.