The Economist

James graduated with Honours in economics. 

James' book "Ownership and Control in the Malayan Economy" written while he was a political detainee was been accepted for publication by Donald Moore Ltd. In the book he is critical of the dependence on foreign capital for industrial development and emphasises the importance of an industrial plan in which...

James wrote a paper while in detention that was accepted for publication by and international journal, Public Finance of Amsterdam. In his latest paper, Mr. Puthucheary disputes and analyses the theories of age-old economists that income tax has a disincentive effect on investment. The full text of the paper is...

The full text of the this paper can be found here.

James travelled together with Tan Sri Samad Ismail, Tun Musa Hitam, Dato ' Abdullah Ahmad, and Tun Dr Mahathir to the Afro Asian Unity Conference in Ghana. the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organisation,Malaysia that had been set up within the Alliance Party’s framework bysome forward thinking members such as Dr Mahathir...

Tun Abdul Razak appointed James Puthucheary as a member of the National Unity Council as well as the National Consultation Council to restore racial unity among the people after May 13, 1969.

Syed Jaafar Albar claimed that Communist agents had infiltrated the government. Among those named was James who was alleged to be a member of Razak's kitchen cabinet, which also included Samad Ismail, Abdullah Majid and Sidney Woodhull. A few days later Tunku Abdul Rahman took up the same theme, warning...