Fiscal deficit The new fiscal arithmetic C.P. Chandrasekhar Over the years, the Narendra Modi government has not only window dressed its Budgets but ...
Economic Perspectives Misplaced disinvestment C.P. Chandrasekhar The NDA government’s disinvestment programme is turning out to be one in which surpluses ...
Collapse of the rupee Ostrich-like in peacock nation By C.P. Chandrasekhar The government’s much-delayed response to the collapse of the rupee, involving a set of ...
Samir Amin Third World Marxist C.P. Chandrasekhar Samir Amin (1931-2018) saw himself as one among those shaping a movement for emancipation ...
Trade Trumping up a trade war C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR The trade sanctions on China and other protectionist measures announced by the Trump ...
Financial policy When business turns ‘easy’ C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR The Modi/Choksi case illustrates how a neoliberal financial policy regime that is ...
Policy Sleight of hand C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR The striking aspect of the NDA government’s last full Budget is a lack of clarity on ...
Planning Success and slowdown C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR The conceptual case for a system of social ownership combined with planning was ...
Economy Growth without social justice C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR India’s reliance on fortuitous and volatile stimuli to drive growth has resulted in ...
Cover Story/Policy In a policy trap C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR While farm loan waivers are a must to address the symptoms of a crisis, they will not ...
IT industry Losing steam C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR The lack of a robust global recovery since 2008, protectionist tendencies in the U.S. and ...
Budget 2017 Blinded by neoliberalism C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR All that the government has is its unfounded belief that mere “reform” in the form of ...
Perspective All pain for the majority C. P. CHANDRASEKHAR The impact of the measures on the farming community, the poor and the lower middle classes ...
Cover Story The myth of growth C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR Economic growth in the last 25 years after liberalisation has been riding on a credit ...
Impact Disruption on cards C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR Britain’s exit from the E.U. could disrupt world trade and jeopardise the process of ...