Why Moody’s is no longer singing the blues on India
India looks more impressive from New York than New Delhi. That explains the credit upgrade to India given by Moody’s,
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Author: Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
Russian ‘help’ to Trump holds important poll lessons for India
Russian hacking into the US presidential election has spurred claims that Donald Trump’s victory was tainted, maybe rigged. Twitter identified
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(Held) Back in the USSR
The 1917 Russian Revolution carried the seeds of its system’s collapse in 1991 The 1917 Russian Revolution seemed epochal for
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The 1917 Russian Revolution was a German plot
Communists will celebrate the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 as a triumph of workers and peasants. In fact
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Bailout to banks is not going to cure bad behaviour
The government is rescuing bust public sector banks with Rs 135,000 crore of recapitalisation bonds as part of a Rs
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Much Too Much of a Stretch
Don’t phase elections over weeks. Hold simultaneous polls on one day The Election Commission (EC) is one of the most
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5 ways to combat pessimism about the hunger index
Dear Narendra Modi, You protested recently that some people sleep well only after spreading pessimism all round. Rahul Gandhi responded
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A Purple Passage to India
How Thomas Piketty’s selective use of tax data exaggerates India’s inequalities My last Swaminomics column (`Fantastically Rising Inequality? Piketty Has
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Fantastically rising inequality? Piketty has got it wrong
Inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient, ranging from zero for total equality to 1 for total inequality. Consumption surveys
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