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Defending development
Domestic defence production can help industrialisation
Chinese takeaway
There are limits to what consumption can do for growth
Mark Roe: America's first debt crisis
Both Europe and the US can learn a lesson from American history to overcome their debt problems
A K Bhattacharya: Fisc - The cutting edge
Manmohan Singh retains the best record in curbing the fiscal deficit
M J Antony: Property rights riddles
Two recent judgments settled some issues, more have to be sorted
Steam Anna
Poor political handling of a misplaced demand
Shyam Saran: Where is the G20?
The forum's inertia at a time of acute global financial crisis is perplexing
Subir Roy: Rahul Gandhi vs Nitish Kumar in 2014?
The hypothesis is that when the electorate realises a person is no longer a potential candidate, it moves to the next likely candidate
European disunion
A region caught between global economics and local politics
SBI's clean-up
The economic slowdown makes the task tougher
Nitin Desai: The land law and justice
The proposed land acquisition Bill will not address the unfairness in the sharing of gains in land value
T S Vishwanath: Eye on exports
The government and industry must work towards making the manufacturing sector dynamic enough to boost its exports
Indicus Analytics: All is not well
Government spending on health remains absurdly low across most states
Trust the gatekeeper
RBI can be relied upon for a fit and proper policy
Pay to be policed
India's pharmaceutical exporters face new US fees
Jaimini Bhagwati: The business of banking
The probability of industrial houses interfering in banks could be reduced by restricting banking licences to companies with diversified ownership
Bhupesh Bhandari: How Sindri was born
Indian farmers had till 1950s depended on organic manure in their fields. With synthetic fertilisers, there was consensus, they could produce more