The Economic Times

Don’t phase elections over weeks. Hold simultaneous polls on one day The Election Commission (EC) is one of the most

How Thomas Piketty’s selective use of tax data exaggerates India’s inequalities My last Swaminomics column (`Fantastically Rising Inequality? Piketty Has

Most of the ousted tribals are flourishing and loving it, thank you, activists Aretribals fundamentally dif ferent? Do they need

Ten years on, the lessons of the Great Recession fade The 10th anniversary of the Great Recession, a.k.a. the Great

After political dividends, notebandi can also yield economic dividends In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said demonetisation

The Nitish-BJP gathbandhan will be better for governance and growth Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, once seen as a possible

A universal basic income that makes it feasible to avoid working is immoral A Delhi seminar last week discussed what

Invest in solar energy at a slower pace for cheaper, better technologies When I argued recently that excessive speed in

FRBM-2 has good ideas but isn’t tough enough to enforce financial discipline The N K Singh Committee has suggested a