Deepak Lal

We need a national survey of the incidence of coronavirus by testing a representative sample of population, not lockdowns

The classical liberal order is under threat from 'woke' progressives

Why Solomon would have been proud of the Supreme Court judgment in the Ayodhya land dispute case

The fabric of Britain's unwritten constitution has been dangerously damaged by partisan passions over Brexit

As during the Tiananmen protests, China is once again faced with a choice between repression and liberalisation

There is a deep ideological economic divide between Democrats and Republicans for the first time since the Great Depression

The ancient history of India's population

Just as physical borders are a symbol of sovereignty, so are the growing borders in cyberspace

The spread of cult of sentimentality, which damaged West's morality, needs to be resisted in India

Markets cheered shock of Brexit expecting a return of the true progressives of classical liberalism

It is doubtful if India will become a populist autocracy. But it depends on judiciary not caving in as it did during Emergency

Presumed decline in Wicksell's natural rate of interest is because of the asymmetric monetary policy followed by advanced economies

With stagnant growth and a poor, aging population, Deng Xiaoping's Chinese dream may been unravelling

With the shale oil revolution and the end of the petrodollar, the US is set to hit its enemies where it hurts the most - in their pockets

The UK must acknowledge that foreign trade is a positive-sum game, and the correct policy is a unilateral adoption of free trade

Refusing to trust technocrats & experts, the British people have won back ancient liberties from the 'virtual' European empire

On the economic origins of cow slaughter bans, and their questionable utility in modern India

Persistence of mosquito-borne diseases means that exterminating the carriers through pesticides has once again become urgent

The persistence of large-scale riots is associated with electoral competition and mass political mobilisation

The Communist Party's rule in China is increasingly under pressure, and so its neighbours must be prepared for nationalist aggression