Arun Maira

To close the gap with China, Indian policymakers must view R&D not merely as an expenditure, but as a strategic process of building organisational capability

The purpose of the Tata group was to build Indian industries on solid foundations. Tata companies built for the long term

Older persons past their productive age are considered burdens on economies. Governments cannot provide sufficient pension and medical care without taxing younger people who are earning

Free trade, based on the theory of competitive advantage, benefits everyone in the long run

Economic reformers should not remain beholden to free-market ideologies, corporate lobbies, or the sentiments of fickle stock markets

Without human feelings and consciousness, AI, like any technology, is an ethics-free enterprise

Economics must move out of the mathematical measurement boxes in which it has entrapped itself

Scenario planning, having being successfully implemented in businesses, has tremendous potential for shaping India's future

Solutions by specialists in one domain backfire in others. Designers of governance reforms should go back to the drawing board and rethink the lateral-entry scheme

The time has come to imagine the contours of a new paradigm of progress

Economics and science have created injustices that legal systems cannot solve. Two looming problems are climate change and ageing societies

Transitioning away from industrial norms, the 21st-century economy must prioritise work within families