Where’s the V-shaped recovery?

We have all heard of the fable where a person was searching for his keys under a streetlight, not because he lost them there but because that is where the light was. ...

Manmohan Singh told me ‘detachment to power’ and ‘attachment to reform’

Economic reform in a developing country like India is primarily about relinquishing control by the government. Modi govt loves control. ...

The job crunch and the growing fires of nativism

Unless States in India have the autonomy to create jobs, they will only resort to reserving existing jobs for locals ...

From Modi To Sitharaman, The Total About-Turn On MNREGA

In February 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a speech in Parliament, ridiculed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).... ...

Jobs, Exports & the Trade Pacts link – coauthored with P Chidambaram

India needs to shed its exaggerated fears of trade agreements to create new jobs — the country’s biggest challenge ...

TRPs, Surveys, And Polls: The Sample Size Enigma

The U.S. Presidential election has brought the issue of surveys and polling back to the fore. Polling is dead because they have been spectacularly wrong, seems to be the emerging consensus. ...