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Economic Perspectives

Union government’s new e-commerce rules target Amazon and Flipkart-Walmart

There seem to be multiple motivations underlying the Union government’s recent interventions in the digital sphere, which target foreign e-commerce fi
C.P. Chandrasekhar
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Economic Perspectives

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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives

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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Imperialism

Crime and empire

An insider story of the economic hit men of imperialism. (Published in the issue dated April 22, 2005.)
C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR
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Economic Perspectives

Global commodity price spike, or commodity ‘supercycle’, is a ‘boom’ without promise

It is speculated that the world economy is set to experience another commodity price spike, or commodity “supercycle”, a tendency in which most commod
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives

Sharp economic divergence in global impact of pandemic

The 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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives

Biden’s global corporate tax plans send mixed signals

The Joe Biden administration may have ambitions of restoring U.S. economic competitiveness and dominance, but its position on digital services taxes s
C.P. Chandrasekhar

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U.S. President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan on March 11 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ all set to boost U.S. economy

The Joe Biden administration’s decision to hugely ramp up government spending through the American Rescue Plan Act signals a return to proactive gover
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Pakistani protesters carry anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) placards at a demonstration in Islamabad on November 11, 2008. Ever since receiving its first Extended Fund Facility (EFF) loan in 1988, and notwithstanding breaches of conditionality, Pakistan has been rewarded repeatedly with new loans by the IMF.

Pakistan caught in debt trap

Pakistan’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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
The Australian parliament’s proposal requires big tech firms such as Google and Facebook to enter into negotiations with media firms to arrive at the terms on which they can link readers to news stories generated by these publishers.

Australia to make big tech pay for the news they link and direct users to

Australia’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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
A GameStop video game retail store in New York City.Wall Street financial pundits were stunned by the sharp rise (and subsequent fall) in GameStop’s stock price, driven by day traders on the Reddit social media site.

GameStop case changes the speculative game

The 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
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heading a pre-Budget meeting with industrialists in New Delhi, on December 22, 2020.

Few reasons to hope Union Budget 2021 will be one 'like never before' as claimed by Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims that Union Budget 2021 will be one “like never before”, but the Narendra Modi government’s persistent neol
C.P. Chandrasekhar
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