A Budget blueprint for difficult times
Alarming inequality, failing health care and border tensions loom large and the economic situation needs full attention
30
Jan
25
Jan
Vaccinating all Indians, for free
India has started vaccinating citizens against Covid-19. As more people get vaccinated, we can slowly start to shed our fears and masks and return to a more normal life.
01
Jan
Covid-19 highlighted the ‘the tyranny of experts’
Ideas and opinions play an inordinately important role in a liberal democracy and should flourish freely. But the weight of such ideas and opinions rise only when incentives are aligned and symmetrical
26
Nov
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
05
Oct
The future of GST hangs in the balance
“The credibility of the GST Council and the larger idea of cooperative federalism can still be salvaged if the Centre can shed its cussedness.