Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanjeev Sanyal: Smart cities are not about technology

Smart cities are really about clustering smart people and institutions

Sanjeev Sanyal: The age of cheap capital

As China ages, its investment rate will decline sharply, generating large external surpluses. The outflow of capital could keep long-term capital cheap around the world

Sanjeev Sanyal: Reviving Varanasi for the 21st century

Varanasi has a management problem, not an urban design problem

Sanjeev Sanyal: Bring back the Railways!

The next government should view Indian Railways as a strategic tool, not legacy problem

Sanjeev Sanyal: The eyes on the street

Crimes against women are rising due to poor urban design and governance

Sanjeev Sanyal: A time for radical tax reform

A banking transaction tax may not work, but it has triggered a much-needed debate over tax reform

Sanjeev Sanyal: The ideology of cities

Indian cities need a new intellectual underpinning

Sanjeev Sanyal: Great men do make history

South Africa's history would have been very different without Nelson Mandela

Sanjeev Sanyal: Waiting for Bretton Woods III

Global demographics could land the world in a prolonged savings glut

Sanjeev Sanyal: Singapore's next frontier

The city-state is rethinking its strategy to ensure long-term viability

China's major economic challenge is its shrinking workforce

It's too late for China to stabilise its shrinking workforce

Cities' cycles

The author explains what India can learn from Detroit

Why we need a 'Transparency of Rules' Act

A simple reform that will dramatically improve governance

India's Tolkein invokes the spirit of Shiva

The last of Amish Tripathi's Shiva trilogy weaves a compelling story from Vedic and Puranic legends with a dash of Indian history

Sanjeev Sanyal: Farewell to the suburban age

US experience shows that dense cities, not endless 'exurbs', are what the 21st century needs

Sanjeev Sanyal: The inevitable return of global imbalances

Global growth will depend on China's rise as 'investor to the world' with its large current account surpluses

Sanjeev Sanyal: Digital-age consumption

Why are customers so willing to spend on expensive smartphones but not on cars and houses?

Lip service Only

It is time someone stood up to the tyrannies of the hotel industry

Sanjeev Sanyal: Will India skip the hypermart stage?

There are signs that the age of hypermarket dominance may be over, as demonstrated by the disappearance of bookshops around the world