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Satyajit Das: The credit bubble redux
Monetary stimulus packages have driven a desperate dash for trash globally, threatening financial stability
Shyamal Majumdar: Time to walk the talk
Labour law changes must be linked with the skill deficit issue
Madhukar Sabnavis: Consumer protected
Big advertisers are soft targets
Is the shipping sector due for a revival?
Most shipping firms have seen shrinking profits and this is largely a global issue
Bharat Bhushan: No temperament to lead
At a time when the Congress' stakes have shrunk, Rahul Gandhi should be focusing on putting the broken party structure together
T S Vishwanath: GMOs and the 'safeguard clause'
The case of genetically modified organisms is the latest issue where the EU will have to look at the harmonisation of standards and regulations
The 47 million
Why Indian unemployment figures puzzle many
Suman Bery: The cost of energy
Fossil fuels overall - and oil from West Asia in particular - will be no less important going forward
Sunil Mehta: An open letter to the finance minister
The Insurance Amendment Bill must be passed urgently and without compromises
M J Antony: On tight purse strings
The judiciary has always been neglected in Budgets
Water security
Charge end-users and create more storage structures
The vision thing
Govt needs to beef up its network of experts and advisors
Rajiv Lall: The art and craft of Budget formulation
Crafting a growth-oriented Budget that is fiscally sound and has wide political appeal is possible. Here's how
Budget imperatives
Fiscal consolidation, tax reforms should be the key
Nitin Desai: Mr Jaitley's Budget imperatives
The author enumerates the specific signals that Arun Jaitley's first Budget should convey
Jaimini Bhagwati: Correcting tax and disclosure anomalies
Loose disclosure norms for money from abroad have serious implications for systemic risk
A K Bhattacharya: Beware of those revenue numbers
It is important for the finance minister not to impose on his tax collection team a revenue target that is unrealistic