Deepak Lal

Reflections on the pandemic

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

Towards a new 'road to serfdom'?

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

Ayodhya, polytheism and the rule of law

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

A Brexit nervous breakdown

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

China's Hong Kong conundrum

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

The disuniting of the United States?

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

Migration and miscegenation

The ancient history of India's population

Cyberwars

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

The Age of Sentimentality

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

Deepak Lal: On progress

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

Deepak Lal: On populism

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

Deepak Lal: Money mischief

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

Deepak Lal: China's debt-fuelled infra model

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

Deepak Lal: Geopolitics of oil and the dollar

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

Deepak Lal: Trade policy and Brexit

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

Deepak Lal: Why I voted Leave

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

Deepak Lal: Sacred cows

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

Deepak Lal: Bring back DDT

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

Deepak Lal: The drama of communal violence

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

Deepak Lal: China's cloudy future - II

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