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Jayati Ghosh
JNU
An ethos under attack
FOR more than two years now, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi has been in a state of turmoil. There is reason to conclude that this turm
Preoccupations
Rising incomes, falling wages
IT seems that everyone loves to talk about inequality, and how much they dislike it. From Christine Lagarde in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) t
Jayati Ghosh
Being Dalit, and a woman
IN the political landscape of contemporary India, it is only too easy to find more reasons for depression than optimism. The rise of a nastier, more a
Jayati Ghosh
Destruction of wetlands
TO say that we are destroying our natural environment in India is only to state the obvious. In cities, towns and even villages across the country, we
Jayati Ghosh
Obscenity of hunger deaths
THERE is no doubt that human life is cheap in India, perhaps more so now than ever before. The attacks, atrocities and killings of people from the min
Preoccupations
Chinese calculations
THE global financial media are always on the lookout for signs of an impending financial crisis in China, and the dark prognostications about the futu
Jayati Ghosh
Capitalism’s slow end
IT is probably obvious to everyone that global capitalism is in dire straits, notwithstanding the brave talking up of output recovery that now charact
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The golden 'Diwali gift'
THE Narendra Modi government made its supposed determination to end corruption in India its signature theme. The massive damage done by demonetisation
De-digitisation of India
SO it is official: cash use is back in almost full force in the Indian economy. Cash withdrawals from ATMs, a reasonable if incomplete proxy for the u
The winner takes it all
IT is true: there is a lot to be outraged about in India these days. The proliferation of heinous occurrences and very problematic policy choices is a
Deras and evangelicals
How do we explain the extraordinary popularity of the bizarrely flamboyant Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of the Dera Sacha Sauda, and the deep lo
Jayati Ghosh
Sanitation project a sham
HOW many deaths will it take before it is accepted that too many people have died? In just 35 days between mid July and mid August, in New Delhi alone
Marching to a different drummer
MEETINGS of global leaders, such as the recent G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, increasingly have a ring of farce about them. The inability to come to
Jobs or basic income?
IN a time of short or no historical memory, it is easy to believe that some ideas are completely novel and innovative. So it is with the idea
Computer outages
IT is a truth that should now be universally acknowledged, that everywhere in the world our lives are driven by computers—or more specifically by the
One grand design
IT is a truism of history that rising powers tend to be the ones valorising “free” trade and more open and integrated national economies, just as wani
The real black money
THERE are many misconceptions about how flows of black money are generated. One prominent misconception is the apparent belief among policymakers that
Fiscal hawks, flying blind?
THE report of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Review Committee has finally been made public, around three months after
Countries vs corporations
DOES size matter? If so, we may be in trouble. Data put together by the Global Justice Network (formerly the World Development Movement) show that in
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