Modi's five years prove that sustained economic growth is incompatible with toxic Hindutva politics

Jobs are scarce, agriculture is in crisis, unorganised sector crippled, tax regime sputtering, corporate sector struggling and exports sinking.

Maitreesh Ghatak

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Udayan Mukherjee

· Mar 24, 2019 · 08:00 am

Stop-gap moves to protect the rupee reflect India’s bumbling economic approach

Nothing like a crisis to evaluate a government’s policy and temperament.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Sep 18, 2018 · 10:30 am

The dangers of economists with ‘physics envy’

Unlike in physics, there are no universal and immutable laws of economics. You cannot will gravity out of existence.

John Rapley, Aeon

· Feb 11, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Pronab Sen interview: ‘India’s outlook on the future is now much more uncertain’

India’s first chief statistician discusses the impact of demonetisation and GST on the economy, especially the informal sector.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Oct 20, 2017 · 08:00 am

India lobbying for a ratings upgrade from Moody’s is neither undesirable nor a new practice

A report said that the country 'aggressively pushed' for a ratings upgrade, but was turned down.

Madhura Karnik, qz.com

· Jan 03, 2017 · 08:30 pm

The stark economic divergence between India's states makes a strong case for greater federalism

The needs and priorities of much poorer Bihar or Madhya Pradesh will be vastly different from that of, say, Kerala or Tamil Nadu.

Praveen Chakravarty

· Oct 01, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Sensex dip: In the short term, markets are always nervous during terror attacks or conflict

As long as the current standoff between India and Pakistan has no major impact on the economy, markets should recover eventually.

Anupam Gupta

· Sep 29, 2016 · 05:03 pm

Fading hope: Five years on, the youth of the Arab Spring are still unemployed

The people in the Middle East and North Africa led an uprising with aspirations for a better life. But little has changed.

Heath J. Prince, The Conversation

· Jul 11, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?

Congress just passed a bailout for Puerto Rico – in the nick of time – yet it's not enough to solve the island's biggest challenge: returning to growth.

Brian Gendreau, The Conversation

· Jul 05, 2016 · 11:30 pm

With hardly any new jobs created, for whom is India’s economy growing?

If job creation is not given priority, the economy faces the risk of stagnation.

Madan Sabnavis, qz.com

· Apr 07, 2016 · 06:30 am

Why India’s GDP numbers need to be taken with a generous helping of salt

Not everyone is convinced of the government's claim that the economy grew at 7.3% during the third quarter (October-December) of fiscal 2016.

Madhura Karnik, qz.com

· Feb 10, 2016 · 07:00 pm

What makes companies in one country so much more productive than in another?

In the 1950s, Ghana was twice as rich as South Korea. It has since fallen a long way behind.

Francis Teal, The Conversation

· Jan 28, 2016 · 11:30 pm