Don’t lose sleep over inequality
Bihar has the lowest consumption inequality among the largest states, Kerala highest. Migrants from the more equal to the less...
Arvind Panagariya blog
Stand on your own four wheels
India’s automobile industry has thrived behind a tariff wall for eight decades. This distorted industrial policy has robbed us of...
Econ 101 From Rajasthan
Ashok Gehlot gave voters a long list of populist promises so they would vote him back. That he still lost...
Tell bosses, not workers
NRN’s 70-hour workweek thesis ignores the vital role of capital in labour productivity. Govts, industry leaders need to invest heavily...
Caste census is a wrong number: Plenty of evidence to show growth, governance are more impactful poll strategies
A newsmagazine recently described Bihar’s caste census by CM Nitish Kumar as a “sixer” that left BJP “stumped for the...
Laptop decision doesn’t compute: If creating a domestic industry for computers is the goal, tariffs would have been a better policy instrument than reimposing Nehru-Gandhi era licensing
The recent reintroduction of licensing on the imports of laptops, desktops and tablets, India’s main import items within the Harmonised...