Intellectual support for communism: Non-Marxist advocates of a communist modelThe rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union, and its achievements, such as being the first country to send a satellite and then a man i...
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Does faith make you live better?As individuals age, their materialistic pursuits tend to yield to religious beliefs and practices.Women are often inclined to be more relig...
09 May, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
View: The point at which Xi Jinping's China model will have to changeChina’s model follows the four Asian tigers. Singapore and Hong Kong have a higher per capita income than ex-colonial master Britain. China...
11 Jul, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo on free trade & growth from their forthcoming book- Good Economics for Hard TimesIt is so rooted in our culture that we sometimes forget that the case for free trade is by no means self-evident.
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View: India's current import policy could drag it down a dirt roadWe won't feel the impact immediately. But if we stay the current course, we will inevitably slow down.
25 Jul, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
ET GBS: US commitment to openness in trade and commerce vital for India, says CEA Arvind SubramanianChief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian says US Senate bill on immigration is adverse, even hostile, to Indian skilled labour exports
19 Jan, 2015, 04.18 AM IST
Poke Me: Why India should legalise casinosSince the mommy state cannot stop increasingly rich Indians from gambling, wouldn’t it make more sense to just cash in?
16 Oct, 2013, 05.51 PM IST
The rupee has fallen below its fair valueThe rupee was fairly stable around 54-55 to a dollar between August 2012 and May 2013, and fell sharply to around 61 in two months.
29 Aug, 2013, 04.10 PM IST
Ask Amartya Sen why he will not engage in a debate with me: Jagdish N BhagwatiWhat I have objected to are the specific anti-poverty policies that Professor Sen has backed, in one way or another.
03 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Choose the right Nobel winnerForget tweaking NREGS, morph it into an apprenticeship programme to transform our labour market.
17 Oct, 2012, 03.31 AM IST
Queen Elizabeth Prize aims to recognise engineering that benefits humankind: NR Narayana MurthyThe pound 1-mn global prize also aims at making sure engineering remains an attractive proposition for young people, says Murthy.
03 Sep, 2012, 12.10 PM IST
- Publish or perish
The lack of academic research is worrying, B-Schools must boost research.
08 Feb, 2011, 07.29 AM IST
- Outsourcing emerged as new business strategy in early 1980s
Apart from decreasing the management layers, outsourcing to a country with cheap labour also resulted in cost benefits.
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- Now ward off depression
Months of uncertainty over whether the US has entered a recession ended when NBER made an official announcement to that effect.
03 Dec, 2008, 03.38 AM IST
Promote peace to halt global warmingGlobal warming is a rage. Well, literally and metaphorically. Yes, the issue has hotted up. An anthropogenic phenomenon, that is, human act...
02 Dec, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- 'Bad time to be an IT professional in US'
It is a bad time to be an IT pro in the US unless you are into some really high-end & customised work.
17 May, 2007, 10.35 AM IST
- Stagflation fear spurs TIPS demand
Rising oil prices, Mideast conflicts and a US president perceived as ineffective contributed to the stagflation of the 1970s.
10 Apr, 2007, 12.12 AM IST