Impact Disruption on cardsC.P. CHANDRASEKHARBritain’s exit from the E.U. could disrupt world trade and jeopardise the process of pulling the global economy out of recession.
Analysis Between investors and votersC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe stark divergence between rhetoric and intent in the Budget exposes the regime’s inability to push for growth and welfare, which stems from its obs
Cover Story Undermining public sectorC.P. CHANDRASEKHAREconomic liberalisation has steadily corroded the public sector, allowing private players to acquire valuable assets at low prices and demand extraord
Depreciation of the yuan No case for complacenceC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe Chinese decision to use depreciation of the yuan as an instrument to address its own crisis can trigger a chain of events that can convert the rec
Reforms Failing the farmerC.P. CHANDRASEKHAROutcomes of the patterns of growth induced by neoliberal economic reforms have increased the disproportionality between agricultural and non-agricultu
Economy Bending it for investors?C.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe Obama visit has fuelled the government’s deep desire to woo foreign investors with major concessions, possibly in bilateral investment treaties. P
Economic vision In the name of NehruC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe Congress, which is using the Nehruvian tradition to win political legitimacy, has rejected the essentials of the Nehruvian economic trajectory whi
Public sector equity An obsession to sellC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe government is in a hurry to sell public sector equity, instead of borrowing, to fund its expenditures, thus losing an income greater than the inte
Unplanning, Modi styleC.P. CHANDRASEKHARBy choosing to dump the Planning Commission rather than strengthen and expand its role to suit the changed environment, Prime Minister Modi has signal
Cover Story More of the sameC.P. CHANDRASEKHARBy trimming government expenditure, raising resources through means that would aggravate cost-push inflation and relying on private investment to revi
Who is afraid of illicit finance?C. P. CHANDRASEKHARIllicit capital outflow has increased significantly after neoliberal policies were introduced in 1991. Committed as it is to the same economic model,
Political economy of electionsC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe Congress' campaign is characterised by a lack of clarity on what should be projected as its achievement--the relatively inclusive growth of UPA I
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
