The new chief economic advisor in the finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, has said India must persist with more?not less?reform, even…
Not really. I have as much interest and have done as much work on macroeconomic issues as my esteemed predecessors.…
It goes without saying that major policy reform in a democratic system is a very difficult exercise. Those who fret…
Let?s face it. It isn?t easy to write a book on India or on India history these days without running…
Anniversaries, the frivolity and pomp associated with some aside, are useful occasions. They are an important way to celebrate, mourn…
Good regulation, independent of both government and industry, is a crucial institutional requirement of an efficient capitalist economy. India only…
Almost all economic indicators from everywhere in the world suggest that we have exited the worst period of the crisis…
0ften, the most serious problem with sequels to a very successful first book (or even first film) is that the…
We are close to reaching that point in the business cycle when the impossible trinity of macroeconomics is going to…
All too often the explanation for the current turmoil in Pakistan?in particular the threat of radical Islamists?is traced back to…
The Nobel Prize for Economics is, of course, primarily about honouring outstanding researchers and their contribution to the discipline. But…
Successful entrepreneurship is about a lot many things, but none perhaps more important than having an idea. Everything else?the money,…
Communist China turns 60 today, an occasion that will without doubt be celebrated by party loyalists across that country. Unsurprisingly,…
Global multilateralism probably suffered its worst decade, the 2000s, since the spectacular failure of the League of Nations some eighty…
By clearly stating that no more work visas will be given to unskilled and semi-skilled labourers from China, the government…
The WTO is a curious creature. Formed with the objective of promoting the universal economic good, free trade, it is…
For much of your correspondent?s generation, mysterious viruses?the types which spread fast, from human to human, with often deadly effect?have…
RBI usually doesn?t put clear communication of its policies and thinking at the top of its priority list. So, it…
