28 leading economists write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 'express deep concern about the future of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)'
Don’t blame globalization for inequality – but rather policies hijacked by a few
Dysfunctional governments in China, India and the US trigger dangerous populism and inequality, threatening the very systems producing the disparities
The sound and fury around the recent scandals will serve some purpose if they strengthen the resolve for eternal vigilance on the part of civil society rather than reinforce the enveloping cynicism.
The achievements of India and China are significant, but one should not underestimate their structural weaknesses. Many social and political uncertainties cloud the horizons of these two countries for the foreseeable future
The dramatic recent history of China, including the historic irony of the development of today’s arguably most vigorous capitalism in an avowedly communist country, would have confounded Chairman Mao the most
Over more than a century, capitalism, with all its inequity, instability and immorality, has shown a remarkable resilience. Such resilience is likely to continue, but only if politics at the national level can tame capitalism's excesses and mobilize
Many Indians may be repulsed by Chinese violence against Tibetans, but majoritarian violence against ethnic minorities gets pushed under the carpet as much in India as elsewhere.
A report from the Asian Development Bank states that economic inequality in Asia now nears the levels of Latin America. Many analysts point their fingers at Globalisation. Are they right?
The free market is the only mechanism that has ever been discovered for achieving participatory democracy. So spake Milton Friedman. But political freedoms may not flow naturally from economic freedoms...
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