The Congress party alleges the Modi government is in panic over the economy. They point to a reported plan to remove capital gains tax on f...

The recent US-China summit saw improved engagement but little progress on global economic challenges. China's trade practices continue to i...

The Congress party has raised concerns over the declining share of passenger cars in India's auto sales, suggesting it reflects economic in...

A World Bank study reveals that Pakistan's General Sales Tax disproportionately increases poverty due to its impact on household expenditur...

Economist Steven N. Durlauf warns that Trump's tariffs will negatively impact the US economy, citing inefficiencies and damaged internation...

Global experts convened at the WTO headquarters on World Competition Day 2024 to address the interplay of trade, competition, and inequalit...

In an interview with TOI, IMF's first deputy managing director Gita Gopinath expressed support for a progressive tax structure. She emphasi...

Many countries have attempted to tax the rich through these taxes without success. They fundamentally militate against simple economic logi...

A World Inequality Lab study recommends India implement a wealth tax on the ultra-rich to combat wealth inequality and boost social sector ...

The paper titled 'Proposals For a Wealth Tax Package to Tackle Extreme Inequalities in India' propose a comprehensive tax package on the ul...

Economic inequality in India has increased over the last couple of decades. Alongside, economic growth has faltered recently. This means th...

India's richest 1% hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 mn people who make up for the bottom 70%.

Oxfam’s new report ‘Economy for 99%’ claims that since 2015, eight men own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world.

The new online data sets, released at the American Economic Association Annual Conference last week, use national accounts, survey data, fi...

Thanks in part to the caste system, Indian inequality has been more deep and pernicious than that of many other nations.

The pattern of the long-term unemployed in the Great Depression will be the pattern for the long-term unemployed in the North Atlantic, Del...

China still has a long way to go because its per capita GDP is still around $4000 to $5000 (depending on how you calculate and what populat...