Page 9 - Fiscal Policy

Best of BS Opinion: When times are tough and there's no good news in sight

We seem to be regressing in various respects. Sometimes to the extent that seemingly good steps are being viewed with suspicion, says Uddalok Bhattacharya

A silent fiscal crisis?

The ability of government to shrink the expenditures in 2019-20 would severely strain attempts to maintain fiscal discipline

A tale of two disenchantments

We have neither good hospitals nor adequate fighter aircraft; neither good extension services nor adequate public transport.

Central bankers' fiscal constraints

The ones serious about preparing for recessions should be looking hard at proposals for how to pay interest on money, both positive and negative, which is by far the most elegant solution

Kalecki insights on fiscal, monetary plans

In the Indian context, the important Kaleckian question, different from Keynes, is not how growth is to be financed but at whose expense?