Category: Economics

It is now an American  discipline! When I studied economics in the late Fifties economics was essentially an English discipline.  It is no more! There are not  many  students now to study economics or do PhDs!It is now more an American discipline. In India economics still has some glamour but things are changing very fast here…

Will the nuclear deal with USA ensure energy security for India? That civilian nuclear power is not going to come to help us in any near-term future. There is a steep rise in fuel prices. The Congress play a cynical drama by Sonia posing as the saviour of the poor, the Left and the BJP…

Then, what about the nuclear deal with USA and our own energy security strategy? There is a steep rise in fuel prices. They Congress play a cynical drama by Sonia posing as the savior of the poor, the Left and the BJP does what they know, taking a procession on the Delhi streets! Is this…

IIM students get sky-high salaries! So, India now a Superpower? It seems it is time for celebrations for India! This year, the American Forbes magazine that tracks billionaires all over the world revealed for the first time that next to America India has produced so many billionaires! Not even China is near India in this…

Economists also can’t promote economic development! We are having an economic expert as the Prime Minister. Is it an advantage or a disadvantage? A big question indeed! But we feel a time has come to ask such big questions. At least, for the sake of getting some clarity. Clarity on what is being aired everyday…

Studied economics, didn’t become an economist ! I became an entrepreneur! I had always wanted to become an entrepreneur, wanted to have my own independence, I wanted money, lots of money and do a great many things! In this I encountered obstacles at every turn. Yes, it is ironical that I studied economics both at…

There are already reports in the newspapers that the Employment Guarantee Bill is watered down. There is also the letter of Aruna Roy and her colleagues in their letter to Sonia Gandhi on the Right to Information (RTI). There is a sort of old-fashioned orthodoxy surrounding the PM’s coterie, if we can so use the…