Bibek Debroy
The Indian Express Group
Wednesday 8 October '08
The NREGS gives us the best census of who and where the poor areSunday 28 September '08
Thomas Friedman gives his prescription for saving the planet from apocalypse — technological innovation. And how only a green nation can be the next superpowerWednesday
24 September '08India is at a cusp. More accurately, it is at what mathematicians call a point of inflection.Friday
12 September '08Transaction costs keep FDI out. They also hurt India’s mallest businessesWednesday
3 September '08Why is it that India still awaits a proper central bank?Thursday
28 August '08Whatever the measurement, India is less poor. But donors are incentivised to overestimate povertySaturday
23 August '08Want Olympic champions? Make it an unsentimental private business projectFriday
15 August '08We excel in our indifference to national symbols. And always we blame the ‘system’Tuesday
5 August '08Measured in fatalities and injuries, the worst terrorist attacks have been in New York, Al-Qataniyah (Iraq), Al-Adnaniyah...Sunday
3 August '08India junkies talk economics and N-deal, splicing academic papers with conversational tidbitsTuesday
22 July '08Never was a farce enacted for the entertainment of so many by so few. “Then he goes on to quote the well-known...Friday
18 July '08The Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy have released the 2008 version of the Failed States Index.Friday
11 July '08If we choose the governments we deserve, it would help to know more about candidatesFriday
4 July '08Help workers to know jobs are available and decide on temporary or permanent migrationSaturday
21 June '08Remember Brazil in ’80s, when shops listed ‘today’s rate’, to appreciate why India can avoid panicThursday
12 June '08Twenty-two times the PM told us subsidy needs reform. How many reforms have we seen?Thursday
5 June '08CPM’s Central Committee blames alliance with UPA and UPA’s policies, particularly those on inflation, for the panchayat election outcome.Wednesday
28 May '08It is a good sign if people want to migrate to India, but monitor itMonday
12 May '08Karnataka’s capital has money, ideas and citizens’ support for change. Will elections change its politics?Thursday
1 May '08One of the brains behind Delhi’s BRTS (bus rapid transit system) has temporarily had to relinquish the privilege of driving...Saturday
26 April '08In this talk of price rise, how come no one mentions the Competition Commission?Sunday
20 April '08This is a book that will be treasured and quoted, like Bhagwati and Desai’s in an earlier eraThursday
17 April '08Protest against the Chinese by all means. But consult them on how to stage the GamesWednesday
2 April '08We don’t liberalise until there is a crisis. The food crisis may finally catalyse agro reformsSunday
23 March '08If every employer disliked what Deena Khatkhate had to say, he must have written worthwhile stuff
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