India must do more to tax its super-rich, France's Piketty saysFrench economist Thomas Piketty urged India to increase taxes on its super-rich, citing rising inequality. He proposed a wealth tax and inh...
16 Dec, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
'Global wealth tax must pay for climate reparation'French economist Thomas Piketty advocated for a global wealth tax to fund climate reparations, especially for countries like India signific...
14 Dec, 2024, 12.21 AM IST
Guard rails for capitalism, not AISam Altman's firing and reinstatement at OpenAI marked a turning point for AI, shifting its focus from societal good to a tool for producti...
16 Nov, 2024, 12.02 AM IST
View: Don't eat the rich, it'll hurt the restMany countries have attempted to tax the rich through these taxes without success. They fundamentally militate against simple economic logi...
28 May, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
India should impose tax on ultra-wealthy to tackle wealth inequality, says studyThe paper titled 'Proposals For a Wealth Tax Package to Tackle Extreme Inequalities in India' propose a comprehensive tax package on the ul...
24 May, 2024, 07.55 PM 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
Congress' Rahul Gandhi vows a survey to redistribute the wealth of IndiansRahul Gandhi vows wealth redistribution if Congress wins, proposing a census to assess population and backward caste status, followed by we...
08 Apr, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
India's richest 1% has highest concentration of wealth in decades, study showsIndia's wealth inequality is at a six-decade high with the top 1% owning 40.1% of wealth. Foreign investments led to a surge in billionaire...
20 Mar, 2024, 05.44 PM IST
View: Rebalancing capitalism-A case for purpose driven businessesThe extent to which capitalism has veered away from its embedded principles of meritocratic, problem solving, wealth and ownership creating...
23 Nov, 2020, 08.25 AM IST
View: It's time to scrutinise the link between poverty and income inequalityWhy does the rise of crorepatis cause poverty to increase? Much of their wealth gains are due to property and stock market booms, which do ...
20 Jan, 2020, 11.32 PM IST
Thomas Piketty is back with 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires“Capital and Ideology’’ ranges across time, and has references to India, China and Brazil.
12 Sep, 2019, 01.55 PM IST
Study throws light on rising wealth & consumption inequality in IndiaThe gap between the forward and other castes is becoming wider over the years, according to a World Inequality Database study.
10 Dec, 2018, 10.07 AM IST
India’s rich list and prevailing inequalityAs per the Hurun report, as of July 2018, India has 831 people with a wealth of Rs 1,000 crore or more.
13 Oct, 2018, 11.27 AM IST
Thomas Piketty makes a worrying point about India: Mihir SharmaThose who read Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election victory in 2014 as a vote for more reform of the sort that India had seen since 1991...
10 Oct, 2017, 07.24 AM IST
Latest inequality data reveals rising top income shares in China, USThe new online data sets, released at the American Economic Association Annual Conference last week, use national accounts, survey data, fi...
11 Jan, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
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The distribution of wealth is one of today’s most-widely-discussed and controversial issues…. Let me say at once that the answers contained...
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