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Terra Luna crash: When the crypto casino crumbled

The Terra-Luna crash in May made it clear that cryptocurrency is inherently volatile and prone to systemic crises. Yet, as long as there is excess liq

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Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers

Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the oppos

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Inflation leaves world economy in disarray

Inflation has been accelerating over the past few months. And supply levels and price trends are signalling imminent crises in global energy and food

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Climate finance: A costly dodge

The burden of climate finance must be shared fairly. But, in the context of the work being done by the IPCC, developed countries talk of measures such

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The fragility of contemporary capitalism

The Ukraine situation is having unexpected economic consequences, such as an explosion in nickel prices, and a prolonged war could be catastrophic for

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Financial markets at a turning point as inflation looms large

High inflation in advanced economies is forcing central banks to go back on their unconventional monetary policies. It also spells trouble for emergin

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Union Budget 2022-23: Government reduces spending on welfare, sticks to conservative fiscal stance

The Narendra Modi government choosing to stick with its regressive fiscal agenda in an election year sends out a clear message: it places all its bets

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Vodafone, India’s third largest mobile telecommunications network, has been posting losses for the past few years.

The 'pretend nationalisation' of Vodafone India

The Modi government’s acquisition of a 35.8 per cent stake in Vodafone India is part-nationalisation that supports a set of well-heeled private teleco

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The State Bank of India operates through more than 22,000 branches across the country and provides customers access to more than 64,000 ATMs and close to more than 70,000 business correspondents.

Co-lending: Another bonanza for private capital

The recent State Bank of India-Adani Capital co-lending scheme to help farmers is not only loaded in favour of Adani Capital but also appears to facil

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Jay Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said that the Fed was unlikely to begin raising interest rates while it was still purchasing bonds.

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

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Mountains deforested to make way for massive limestone quarries in Ipoh, Perak State, Malaysia, on November 5. Cutting trees both adds carbon dioxide to the air and removes the the earth’s ability to absorb existing carbon dioxide.

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

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KHAMMAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 24/02/2014: Coal being transported in a lorry in the coal belt area of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). Photo: GN. Rao

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

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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

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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

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At a chemical factory in Mumbai in September 2010. China and India are the biggest generators of U.N. carbon credits, which can be used to comply with pollution targets in the E.U. Emissions Trading System, which was established in 2005 and is the most developed carbon market in the world.

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

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Members of the United Mine Workers of America during a strike against Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal at the BlackRock office in New York on July 28.

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

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