Here’s a Trust Vote for an Open Market
Let’s face it, market forces deserve a chance as agents of change 29 September 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleThe Difficulty of Being Reformist
And why Das shouldn’t count on Raj Dharma as a saviour of the Indian economy 6 October 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleFor a Rubber Band instead of ForkLift
Could Wal-Mart and its ilk lend Indian trade the elasticity needed to help India get a grip on its external sector? 13 October 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleThink Wedding Woes, Win a Nobel Prize
A study of marriage biases yields a way to reverse lopsided power equations in other markets 27 October 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleOf Love and Law in La-la-land
With Indian cinema going digital, fair competition is under a threat not so easily dismissed 17 November 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleFuzzy Money and Fudgy Logic
This book will not overthrow capitalism, but mounts a critique that deserves a read 1 December 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleLet Us Give This Peace Pipe a Chance
As America’s energy anxieties ease, India may get a realistic chance to address its own 1 December 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleAwaiting Ratan Tata’s Memoirs
The Group’s Chairman has shown no inclination to draft his memoirs, but Tata watchers deserve clues on at least four mysteries of his term 29 December 2012BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleBusiness as Unusual
Murphy’s Law to Modi’s Law, something remarkable seems to be underway 26 January 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleIndia’s Economy: a Tale of Two Ideas
The country’s economy was thrown open as an ‘idea whose time has come’ but justice still eludes millions 9 March 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleDon’t Make a Hash of the Cash
Will the Government’s cash transfer scheme set off inflation? This and other risks to watch out for 23 March 2013BY: Aresh Shirali, Shailendra Tyagi
View ArticleLook Who’s Kidding
Professors who go to such unusual extents to reach readers are impossible to ignore 6 April 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleIf all that Glitters Is Suddenly Sold
Gold is past its Great Panic peak and may now be set for a longer slump than goldbugs expect 27 April 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleBias Busters of the World Unite
But this book was evidently written for ‘good people’ in America. Don’t count on it to do India any favour 1 June 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleMarijuana Myths and the Mass Market
With India’s General Election due in less than a year, this is a good time to push for the legalisation of this drug 22 June 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleThe Impossible Trinity and Last Law of Lickonomics
The RBI’s fuzzy approach to this famous trilemma of economics could challenge anyone’s sanity 27 July 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleDiehard Debt and the Devil in its Details
Let’s face it, the Indian economy just cannot afford to give the idea of equity the go-by 5 October 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleThe Desi Spirit of an Insurgent Brand
Sprite thumbed its nose at nonsense to gain leadership of a mass market 19 October 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleOf Animal Spirits and the Great Churn
Issues of equity and justice do animate people in India. Is this really bad for the economy? 2 November 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
View ArticleOf Movies and Midriffs as Market Signs
Hindi film advertising is under pressure, and what works has plenty to say about India as a mass market 23 November 2013BY: Aresh Shirali
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