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Terms of Trade: How should India respond to US mercantilism?

India, March 13 -- The United States, in terms of its global economic outlook, is behaving like a rogue power today. It led the world on the garden path of Washington Consensus economic policies in th... Read More


Number Theory: Are airfares higher than they should be in India?

India, March 10 -- Expensive air tickets regularly make news headlines in India. While much of the noise is around seasonal spikes around festivals or gatherings such as the Kumbh, there is a more imp... Read More


What the virus cost us

India, March 9 -- How did a once-in-a-century pandemic impact the Indian economy? The most mechanical or rather dehumanised way to answer this question would be to say it triggered an annual economic... Read More


What the virus cost us: 5 years on, Roshan Kishore writes on the pandemic impact

India, March 7 -- How did a once-in-a-century pandemic impact the Indian economy? The most mechanical or rather dehumanised way to answer this question would be to say it triggered an annual economic... Read More


Terms of Trade: History is finally catching up with economics

India, March 5 -- US president and vice president Donald Trump and J D Vance giving a dressing down to Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the White House-they have followed it up with susp... Read More


TERMS OF TRADE: What would an honest conversation on federalism look like?

India, Feb. 28 -- A meaningful resolution of the federalism debate requires a belief that the future of the Indian state, unlike, electoral politics today, cannot be a zero-sum game where one side has... Read More


Number Theory: Is Centre spending more money on pensions than salaries?

India, Feb. 24 -- Among the documents released every year with the budget is something called Budget Profile. It is to be found in the Budget at a Glance section on the budget website. The Budget Prof... Read More


Terms of Trade: How to look at the rise of electoral consultants in India

India, Feb. 21 -- Political/electoral consultants or managers in India are now a well-known and widespread tribe. How should we look at their rise? Is it a reflection of India's elections, and more im... Read More


Number Theory: Railways needs to make a clear policy choice

India, Feb. 19 -- The death of 18 passengers in a stampede at New Delhi railway station on 15 February has triggered the usual cycle of politicking and cliched official responses. But the accident has... Read More


Terms of Trade: Are freebies also serving a macroeconomic cause?

India, Feb. 14 -- The political class seems to have arrived at a consensus on so-called freebies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was critical of their proliferation until recently. Prime Minister Na... Read More