Why G20 summits have become an R & R break for overworked heads of govts

Since the Pittsburgh summit in 2009, G20 Summits have achieved what all such talk shops do - almost nothing

This article is prompted by two simultaneous but independent events. One is the editorial view of this newspaper on what India should do when it assumes the rotational presidency of the G20 in 2023.

The other is a question by my good friend and former editor of the Hindu Business Line, D Sampath Kumar. He possesses extraordinary financial acumen and asked me whether neoliberalism is nothing but "financial feudalism".

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Now, it so happens that between 2010 and 2013, I had the good fortune to cover four G20 Summits in Toronto,