A benchmark for rigging

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Open Access vs academic power

THAT the United States and its European allies dominate the world of knowledge is unquestionable. This is reflected in indicators of academic “output”

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How about growth-led exports?

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Banks and the F-word

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Poverty play

YET again the Central government has mired itself in controversy by releasing its latest poverty estimates based on the consumption expenditure survey

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Foreign hand

CONFRONTED by signs of economic vulnerability, India’s economic policymakers are blaming poor performance on inadequate ‘reform’. Measures to appease

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Weak and vulnerable

WHEN the rupee crossed the 60-to-a-dollar barrier on June 26, official and corporate concern was palpable. This was not because everybody was a loser

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Foreign hand

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