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The
Chimera of a Reformed Capitalism |
June
15th, 2026, Prabhat Patnaik |
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| The
article critiques the idea that capitalism can be permanently
reformed through state intervention, arguing that capitalism’s
inherent tendencies undermine such efforts. |
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| Modi
is Rigging Indian Democracy |
| June
13th, 2026, Jayati Ghosh |
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| Under
the guise of routine voter-roll maintenance, India’s Election
Commission has purged tens of millions of voters, disproportionately
affecting opposition strongholds, the poor, and Muslim minorities.
The result is an electoral system increasingly designed to
favor the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. |
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| The
Persistence of Gender Wage Gaps |
| June
24th 2026. C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh |
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| Gender
gaps in labour incomes are highest in Lower Middle Income
Countries, and especially in South Asia. Despite improving
slightly over the past decade after previous declines, women’s
incomes from work are still only around one-fifth those of
men in South Asia. |
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| Defending
the Rupee |
| May
27th 2026. C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh |
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| Recent
changes in the rupee cannot be explained only by balance of
payments flows. Instead, they point to speculative activity
profiting from deregulation that the RBI finds increasingly
difficult to control. |
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Budget
2026-27 |
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| Miserly
Welfare |
| Feb
2nd, 2026. Jayati Ghosh |
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The
Narendra Modi government’s miserly — bordering on exploitative
attitude as well as its overtly partisan approach towards
state governments has come out clearly in its fiscal policy..
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| Jayati
Ghosh: Rebalancing power |
| Dec
10th 2024. |
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The
renowned development economist, Jayati Ghosh, offers an eye-opening
perspective on the different facets of inequality and the
need for systemic change to address them, bringing together
her interests in international trade and finance, employment
patterns in developing countries, as well as issues related
to gender and development. |
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