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Economic Perspectives
End of an era of cheap money?
Across the world, there is a sense of apprehension about the economic future owing to signs of inflation and a readjustment of monetary policy in adva
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
The gaping holes in climate finance
The claim that private capital is “available” to help countries meet their climate change goals not only diverts attention from the problem of inadequ
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
India’s coal crisis is the result of its neoliberal agenda
The so-called coal shortage in India was the result of botched policy initiatives that involved curbing public sector mining and getting the private s
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
Allegations of manipulation in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business ranking suggest institutional problems
The difference in the responses to the allegations against Chile and China regarding manipulation of the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings in 2018
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
Evergrande conundrum
A Chinese behemoth’s missing of an interest payment triggers local and global fears of its impending collapse, but the government is in no hurry to ba
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
Global finance looking to profit from carbon and carbon allowances
The entry of speculative investors into carbon markets could distort their working, and the resultant volatility and uncertainty are likely to inflict
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
An insider’s warning on environmental, social and governance investing
Tariq Fancy, former chief investment officer of BlackRock Inc., says that the financial services industry that has promoted environmental, social and
C.P. Chandrasekhar
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Union government’s new e-commerce rules target Amazon and Flipkart-Walmart
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Communique released after G7 Finance Ministers’ summit does not have much to offer beyond commitments already agreed upon
The global minimum tax proposal that the G7 Finance Ministers’ summit agreed upon falls disappointingly short of what is needed and possible. And the
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The economic crisis is real; the picture of economic resilience is an illusion
While two official reports on the economic fallout of the second wave of COVID-19 in India suggest that it has been less severe than the first, the fa
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