Progressives forget their free-trade heritage at own perilUS President Joe Biden has not only kept in place Donald Trump’s tariffs but brought into existence subsidies and incentives worth trillion...
13 May, 2024, 10.12 AM IST
Wealth redistribution: The economics behind Rahul Gandhi's 'Robin Hood' ideaThe controversy over Rahul Gandhi's wealth redistribution promise, accused by PM Modi of benefiting Muslims, highlights ongoing economic in...
23 Apr, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
When inequality shouldn’t be a concernMilton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek argued that redistributive policies can stifle innovation and productivity. If individuals feel their e...
15 Apr, 2024, 10.49 PM IST
Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Economics PrizeClaudia Goldin has been awarded the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for her work on women's lab...
09 Oct, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
View: Less voluminous but not bereft of ideas; Economic Survey kickstarts normalising processThe Economic Survey has reverted to a single volume along with a statistical appendix citing the extremely voluminous (900-odd pages) and '...
01 Feb, 2022, 02.31 AM IST
View: Purists may scoff at the idea of another DFI and focus on bond markets, but we need bothAbove all, we need infrastructure, another Listian idea that should be implemented with Hayekian incentives. With lower logistics cost, all...
21 Mar, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
View: Fratelli tutti relevant in the time of pandemic, but neoliberalism is here to stayit is highly unlikely that the developed world will heed the clarion call of Pope Francis and move away from the economic policy which has ...
13 Nov, 2020, 12.42 PM IST
Cartier's 'Tutti Frutti' bracelet makes auction debut, fetches $1,340,000Pursued by 5 bidders, the Art Deco masterpiece far-surpassed its estimate of $600/800,000.
30 Apr, 2020, 05.48 PM IST
Economic Survey: GDP no longer in a pickle on CEA’s special thaliKey would be recovery in global growth but many suggested reforms may not be politically acceptable.
01 Feb, 2020, 07.26 AM IST
View: Universal Basic Income won't be a panacea for economiesA universal basic income financed by helicopter money may perversely increase uncertainty.
20 Sep, 2019, 10.14 AM IST
Can Amit Shah do for India what he did for the BJP?Under his leadership, BJP has become a behemoth in the most complicated political landscape in the world.
02 Jun, 2019, 02.42 PM IST
Lesson to India from Singapore’s transformation: What Lee Kuan Yew knewBoth LKY and Nehru started out as socialists, being personally influenced by Harold Laski.
18 May, 2019, 12.37 PM IST
- Calculated risk-taking
The fundamental importance of entrepreneurship has not been the subject of substantial research and is more-or-less absent from standard te...
04 Aug, 2014, 02.27 AM IST
You can't postpone social development forever: Raghuram G Rajan"When you start cutting government expenditure, at some point you are cutting essential services rather than excessive services."
21 Feb, 2013, 11.08 AM IST
Austrian School of economic thought gaining influence as nations tackle debtThe school, which originated in fifteenth century Europe, believes that every individual plays a role in shaping a society and the economy ...
29 Dec, 2012, 06.27 AM IST
- Understanding Keynesianism
Keynesianism is a catchall phrase for economics that is supposed to reflect the ideas of John Maynard Keynes (pronounced to rhyme with 'rai...
14 Jul, 2003, 03.05 AM IST