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Sanjeev Ahluwalia
About the AuthorSanjeev Ahluwalia
The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert
    Good Economics for Hard Times, by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo Juggernaut, Rs 699.Books
    Saving the world from the bottom upwards

    All three apply the experimental method of randomised control trials (RCT) from the physical sciences to social science.

    3 Nov 2019 2:04 AM IST

    The report also does well to emphasise that higher trade-to-GDP ratios are a signal of competitiveness and an entry point for coupling the Indian economy with the international economy, including through global value chains.Opinion
    'Hybrid' export growth models: Hope for India

    Government advisory committees come with implicit constraints to stay within the limits of what is politically doable.

    2 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Leave growth to pundits, let's end poverty instead

    But the surprise is that so has newly created Telengana! Dividing states seems to do wonders for reducing inequality.

    23 Oct 2019 1:56 AM IST

    Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
    Are these early shoots of a reforms' revival?

    Encouraging individual ministers to become visible while laying out their strategy to deal with the slowdown is in.

    15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST

    The RBI has always said monetary policy should be accompanied by fiscal policy if the wheels of the economy are to be greased. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Stoke demand to stop India slowing down

    Even this is optimistic and we could as well be seeing sub 5 per cent growth.

    5 Oct 2019 1:46 AM IST

    Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
    Tax reform in driblets keeps the party going

    Readers will recall the short history of corporate tax reductions under Modi 1.0.

    23 Sept 2019 1:09 AM IST

    The dates for filing the reconciliation statement has also been extended accordingly.Opinion
    Tinkering isn't enough: Time for basic reforms

    An interest burden growing faster than GDP growth by 2.5 percentage points is not a comforting signal for fiscal...

    14 Sept 2019 7:04 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    100 days of Modi 2.0: It's time to get going

    The truth is out already that India is slowing down along with the rest of the world.

    9 Sept 2019 5:05 AM IST

    Kashmir Rage and Reason, by Gowhar Geelani Rupa, Rs 394.Books
    Kashmir's still waters run deep

    Doing so, he feels, would create the positivity needed to allow the new arrangements to reflect the spirit of the people...

    8 Sept 2019 2:36 AM IST

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Opinion
    RBI plays white knight to cash-strapped govt

    The FD target for FY 2019-20 is an unreachable 2.85 per cent of GDP.

    31 Aug 2019 12:06 AM IST

    GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.Opinion
    India's economy is now riding a roller-coaster

    The problem is that no political economy sensitive plan to implement these reforms has emerged.

    24 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    An opportunity called Independence: Use it

    English is being steadily eroded by attrition as individual states focus on developing their own languages there are as...

    15 Aug 2019 12:37 AM IST

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