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Kaushik Basu: Is the emphasis on self-interest in economic theory rewarding a few at the cost of the many?

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- These are harrowing times. Amid soaring inequality, political leaders in many countries are cutting programmes and services that benefit the poor, while stoking fear and anger ag... Read More


Kaushik Basu: Trump has made the Incarceration Game relevant to America

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- In a 2022 paper, I introduced an allegory I called the Incarceration Game-an academic exercise that explores how authoritarian leaders consolidate power through increasingly oppr... Read More


Kaushik Basu: India must not fall into Trump's tariff trap

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Economic relations between India and the US have been thrown into disarray after US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 50% import tariff on nearly all Indian imports, wi... Read More