China: Slowdown or shift to sustainability?

China has been the world’s fastest growing major economy since 1978, when it embarked on a series of reforms that were characterised by increased receptiveness to foreign investment, privatisation of state industry, investment in infrastructure and easing of state control. The remarkable growth that this reform catalysed has been the most important economic story of […]

Ruminations on the referendum

An edited version of this article was published in bathimpact newspaper in October 2014. The recently concluded Scottish referendum was one of the most momentous events in contemporary British history. Even as the question of the United Kingdom’s future is temporarily answered, the referendum’s repercussions are only beginning to unfold. What is evident is that […]

Boom or bubble?

An edited version of this article was published in bathimpact newspaper in March 2014. Although the city of San Francisco is situated on the San Andreas Fault Line, recent fears are less about potential seismic destruction, and more about impending financial devastation. The astounding economic performance of the Silicon Valley technology industry has given rise […]

Transatlantic troubles

An edited version of this article was published in bath impact newspaper in November 2013. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), is a proposition that is breath-taking in its economic ambition and scale. TTIP champions the idea of a free trade area between the EU and USA, the regions that produce nearly half the […]

The Emerging Economy Crisis

An edited version of this article was published in bathimpact newspaper in October 2013. Perhaps the most important story of the 21st century has been that of the emerging economies. These slumbering giants, home to a majority of the world’s population, awoke to serious capitalist ambition in the recent past; they grew at accelerated rates, […]

The Doniger Debacle

As an Indian and a bibliophile, I believe that the court order against Professor Wendy Doniger’s ‘The Hindus’ sets a deeply disturbing precedent. Most moderate Hindus who support the decision to revoke Doniger’s book would probably consider it a serious infringement of their personal rights if a member of the Bajrang Dal was to harass them […]

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