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NSEL: Chronicle of a crisis foretold
By operating on the outer edges of the financial regulatory system the serial payment defaults were inevitable. The time has come to equate spot exchanges with stock exchanges and commodity futures ex
Quintuple effect at WTO
Can the Director-General elect and his team of four deputies steer members towards a successful Ministerial meeting at Bali?
In Europe, austerity works
Austerity is supposed to restore confidence in countries' long-term prospects - and that has happened in Europe
Plug the gaps
Tinkering with MGNREGA wages is dangerous
A date with Tina Ambani
A journalist visits the court where the lady is to depose in the 2G spectrum case
How the Sharmas aided the rupee's fall
Blame it on this status-conscious family's fondness for imported goods
Rupee will not go down alone
Net debt levels of 749 companies have risen by 4.9 times over the last 6 years.
 "Rupee will not go down alone")
The trouble with the richie itch
Data suggest that a tax rate increase for a few rich people puts little back into the economy compared to an across-the-board increase
The flailing badge of courage
Blind obedience is the name of the game in the governance of India
India's unique crisis: A short-term fix
A temporary across-the-board import surcharge may need to be part of crisis avoidance plans
Avoid forecasting markets
Instead, focus on fixing the economy
Unsafe Mumbai
The recent rape of a photo-journalist has exposed chinks in the armour of Mumbai police
Neglecting the key issue
Neither side in the face-off between Sen-Dreze and Bhagwati-Panagariya addresses the key issue of supply-side constraints in food production
The QE taper effect on Indian equities
Addressing issues like ensuring adequate flow of raw materials to industry and pushing through approvals on stalled projects would revive investor confidence and minimise the negative impact
Wheat's great leap forward
Global collaboration is becoming vital to fight the chronic rust disease
An ironic twist
Ignoring problems of corporate governance
The iron ore dilemma
Domestic ore users should not set export policy
Anchors aweigh!
The rupee's travails allow the RBI's incoming governor to renegotiate the objectives of monetary policy