Economic Perspectives Real COP27 failure is absence of commitments on long-term climate financeC.P. ChandrasekharThe decision to set up a loss and damage fund to help developing countries is its only achievement.
Guest Column: Perspective Why I have great expectations from the Bharat Jodo YatraRama Kant Agnihotri
Counter Culture The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between themPrathyush Parasuraman
Guest Column: Reservation Does the EWS verdict represent the revenge of the ruling classes?Peter Ronald deSouza
Guest Column: Judiciary Judiciary needs a proper orientation to overcome technological illiteracyK. Chandru
Economic Perspectives Sharp economic divergence in global impact of pandemicC.P. ChandrasekharThe annual Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank note the sharp divergence in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and also p
Economic Perspectives Biden’s global corporate tax plans send mixed signalsC.P. ChandrasekharThe Joe Biden administration may have ambitions of restoring U.S. economic competitiveness and dominance, but its position on digital services taxes s
Economic Perspectives Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ all set to boost U.S. economyC.P. ChandrasekharThe Joe Biden administration’s decision to hugely ramp up government spending through the American Rescue Plan Act signals a return to proactive gover
Economic Perspectives Pakistan caught in debt trapC.P. ChandrasekharPakistan’s debt crisis, further aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is the result of not only its fiscal profligacy but also the supply side debt pus
Australia to make big tech pay for the news they link and direct users to C.P. ChandrasekharAustralia’s proposal to make big tech firms such as Google and Facebook pay for the news they link to is being closely watched by many countries as a
Economic Perspectives GameStop case changes the speculative gameC.P. ChandrasekharThe meteoric rise in video-game retailer GameStop’s share price, which was propelled by day traders using Reddit forums to take on the Wall Street maj
Economic Perspectives Few reasons to hope Union Budget 2021 will be one 'like never before' as claimed by Finance MinisterC.P. Chandrasekhar Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims that Union Budget 2021 will be one “like never before”, but the Narendra Modi government’s persistent neol
Investor exuberance amidst real economy recessionEven while the real economy remains in contractionary mode, not only have stock market returns exploded but India’s stock of foreign exchange reserves
Little value from global chainsThe episode of violence at a Wistron iPhone assembling facility near Bengaluru was not the ploy of a set of rogue managers but is in tune with the nat
Through my Window From the earth and the skyK. SatchidanandanONE of the dubious privileges of senior writers is that they get a lot of books as gifts; I said “dubious” for many reasons. While, at times, they are
RCEP and China: A deal that can make a difference By opting to withdraw from the 15-nation RCEP agreement citing national economic interests, India has lost an opportunity to counter China’s growing
A final push for the entry of corporate players in bankingEntry of corporate players with deep pockets into the banking space, as the RBI’s internal working group proposes, could trigger certain processes tha
SlideshowColours of desireA mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.
