Page 8 - Economists
Do top economics journals hold women authors to higher standards than men?
Since 1990, women comprise "only 11 per cent of all authors published in top economic journals" even though they make up between 20-30 per cent of the total number of economists
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What the oversupply of social science PhDs means for universities
Will universities continue to offer permanent faculty positions as they offer courses remotely, asks TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.
Keeping pace with Karthik Muralidharan, the 'Shinkansen' economist
Anjuli Bhargava races to keep pace with Muralidharan's breakneck speed train of thought on effective governance
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Budget's transparency on numbers to enthuse rating agencies: SBI economists
The budget redefines fiscal rules because it adds off-balance sheet items to the headline deficit, a note said adding that consolidation of finances is a pragmatic move
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Budget does not address inequities, bold for its fiscal stance: Economists
Economists called the budget 'bold'
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Shape of economic recovery may end up coming from another alphabet
Zeroing in on the alphabet that best describes the unprecedented economic upheaval
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Ease fiscal consolidation in Budget, hike health spend, economists urge FM
Also call for efforts to enhance exports, build farm infrastructure
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India needs economists to usher in reforms
We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, writes Jayanta Roy
Google honours Sir W Arthur Lewis: All you need to know about the economist
Lewis served as an economic advisor to numerous African and Caribbean governments, namely - Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados
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Sharp 23.9% GDP fall in Q1 will take at least a year to recover: Economists
Current year will continue with a drop of 7-7.5% which is lower than the earlier anticipated 10%
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An economist's feminist journey
Book review of The Brass Notebook
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China's next economic transition: What economists say about the 5-year plan
Economists zeroed in on China's focus on quality economic growth and its technology ambitions in the 14th five-year plan released Thursday.
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Economists are starting to think like engineers
No longer is economic theory merely a glorified way of using mathematics to tell allegories about the world- now it has practical engineering applications
Economics Nobel shows that economists are starting to think like engineers
Most economic theories are basically mathematical parables. Although they're written in equations, the variables in those equations only loosely correspond to real-world things that we can measure
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Remembering Subir Gokarn: The big-frame economist who loved the little things
While his ability to connect the dots is well-known, CRISIL Chief Economist Dharmakirti Joshi recounts Gokarn's love for food and travel, besides other lesser known facets of the man
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