Maitreesh Ghatak
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Where Modi Has Gone Wrong With India's Economy
Modinomics needs serious "modification" and for once, the pun is desperately not intended.
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IT Lay-Offs Reveal The Dangers That Lie Beneath
According to news reports, the top seven IT companies, which together employ 1.24 million people, will cut their workforce by 4.5% in 2017. In the last few weeks itself, thousands of IT workers have been laid off.
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Notes Ban Beats Modi's Holograms As Campaign Gold
Being a four-term Chief Minister of Gujarat was no fluke, nor was winning the 2014 elections by an absolute majority. The campaign for the 2019 election has begun.
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Is India Ready For A Universal Basic Income Scheme?
The main attraction of the UBI is that it bypasses the selection problem altogether by making the transfer universal.
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Congrats, Britain, You've Likely Voted For A Recession
The British voters voted, by a margin of 52% to 48%, for the exit from the EU, referred to as Brexit. Thanks to the referendum, we will be witnessing the unique phenomenon of an electorally engineered recession in a major economy.
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"Mann Ki Baat" Or "Ban Ki Baat"? Government Must Back Off
It seems that from beef to booze and from books to babies through surrogacy, lately our government (both at the central and state levels) is engaging more in ''ban ki baat", as opposed to "mann ki baat" with its citizens.
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To Recover, The Left Should Use Arvind Kejriwal's Strategy
To resurrect itself, the Left has to come up with a brand of politics that is centred around the concerns of the millions of those who are in the informal sector (like AAP did in Delhi) and concrete welfare schemes for the poor that can compete with TMC's policies. Otherwise, there will be nothing left of it.
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Modi Government's Complacency Hit By Reality
The government finds itself in a situation where it has encouraged many dreams but has not created the political ground for any tough choices.
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'Suit-boot' or 'Jhola'? That Debate's a Trap
Any mention of poverty or human development and you will be called a 'jholawalla' or a socialist who somehow does not understand the magical power of growth to lift people out of poverty, or has a vested interest in keeping the poor in poverty.
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Where Modi Has Gone Wrong With India's Economy
Modinomics needs serious "modification" and for once, the pun is desperately not intended.
-
IT Lay-Offs Reveal The Dangers That Lie Beneath
According to news reports, the top seven IT companies, which together employ 1.24 million people, will cut their workforce by 4.5% in 2017. In the last few weeks itself, thousands of IT workers have been laid off.
-
Notes Ban Beats Modi's Holograms As Campaign Gold
Being a four-term Chief Minister of Gujarat was no fluke, nor was winning the 2014 elections by an absolute majority. The campaign for the 2019 election has begun.
-
Is India Ready For A Universal Basic Income Scheme?
The main attraction of the UBI is that it bypasses the selection problem altogether by making the transfer universal.
-
Congrats, Britain, You've Likely Voted For A Recession
The British voters voted, by a margin of 52% to 48%, for the exit from the EU, referred to as Brexit. Thanks to the referendum, we will be witnessing the unique phenomenon of an electorally engineered recession in a major economy.
-
"Mann Ki Baat" Or "Ban Ki Baat"? Government Must Back Off
It seems that from beef to booze and from books to babies through surrogacy, lately our government (both at the central and state levels) is engaging more in ''ban ki baat", as opposed to "mann ki baat" with its citizens.
-
To Recover, The Left Should Use Arvind Kejriwal's Strategy
To resurrect itself, the Left has to come up with a brand of politics that is centred around the concerns of the millions of those who are in the informal sector (like AAP did in Delhi) and concrete welfare schemes for the poor that can compete with TMC's policies. Otherwise, there will be nothing left of it.
-
Modi Government's Complacency Hit By Reality
The government finds itself in a situation where it has encouraged many dreams but has not created the political ground for any tough choices.
-
'Suit-boot' or 'Jhola'? That Debate's a Trap
Any mention of poverty or human development and you will be called a 'jholawalla' or a socialist who somehow does not understand the magical power of growth to lift people out of poverty, or has a vested interest in keeping the poor in poverty.
