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Just a strawman

In 2006, when prices were accelerating, every month the Union finance ministry played out a game of cut and snip.

The derivatives scare

A look at annual reports for 2007 will leave no doubt that companies were quite active in derivatives. That is a clear problem for investors.

Food crisis and staid arguments

Every farmer can be in the “oil business” with a little investment. It is known that corn-based biofuels are more inefficient than sugar-based ones or cellulosic ethanol that can be produced on non-agricultural farms.

Tilting at windmills

Land development, as wind turbine leader Suzlon is discovering in Maharashtra, is confronted with a peculiar problem.

Schelling on nuclear deterrence

Tom, my PhD thesis adviser at Harvard, received the Nobel Prize in economics for the originality and impact of his applications of game theory to negotiation, nuclear deterrence, global warming and the surprising effect of preferences for diversity on the composition of neighbourhoods.

Hybrids in the time of peak oil

With crude oil price soaring beyond $122 per barrel and showing ascendent trends, it is depressing that electric car manufacturing is not getting attention in India.

Exploiting mass gullibility

The gullibility of people has always been exploited by rent seekers and kickback takers who do not want economic rationality to come in the way of their petty little game.

Guess who's watching

Jim O’Neill, head of global economic research with Goldman Sachs, also credited with the “Bric” moniker, is an ardent Manchester United fan.

New port of call

Financing a port in India is a win-win deal for any foreign investor, with FDI issues having been reasonably well resolved

The notional imperative

If gaps between procurement and issue prices widen, given the current inflationary conditions, the subsidy bill should be much greater than the budgeted level.

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