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'Winners' and 'losers' from Covid-19

China is a clear winner; US a distant second; Europe and the UK are among the losers; India an also-ran

Economic Outlook for 2021-22

Outlook beset by uncertainties, but GDP in 2021-22 likely to be lower than in 2019-20

Fifty years ago…

How a briefing paper from Harvard nourished the seeds of an independent Bangladesh in the US

2021: Dark clouds and silver linings

Fresh hopes on the economic, health and political front temper the grim legacy of 2020

Towards Budget 2021-22

The budget-making exercise offers golden opportunities despite challenges

Through a crystal ball, darkly

Likely slow economic growth in the medium term will be bad for jobs, social harmony and defence capabilities

China's India strategy

This piece, carried in Business Standard 14 years ago on May 9, 2006, made certain forecasts which have proved correct. We are republishing the article

End lockdown or not?

Extending the lockdown could lead to more deaths

The darkening sky

Shadows of the events in 2019 will loom large over the world and India

Why neglect exports?

India's exports are held back more by our inadequate policies than by any stagnation in world trade

How fast is India growing?

With corporate earnings not meeting expectations and automobile sales plunging in July 2019, the story could get uglier

Confronting macro challenges

With key macro indicators flashing amber or red, business as usual is not an option

India slips into a pre-Keynesian world

We must improve our statistical systems or be condemned to make policy in the smoky haze of inadequate and politically filtered data

Some macroeconomic musings for 2019

The challenges of growth and job-creation in 2019 look quite daunting

Macro stability at risk

Govt should let the rupee depreciate, speed up GST refunds, maintain fiscal prudence, persevere with IBC and avoid policy mistakes

The wealth of nations

India's prospects for rapid increase in human capital are hobbled by the state of our education systems

Global disorder vs economic progress

Troubles in the global order are real, even if they are not yet reflected in current, buoyant GDP trends

Shankar Acharya: A good Budget in difficult times

Against a turbulent and uncertain background, Budget 2017-18 hewed a steady, forward-looking course

Shankar Acharya: Malthus at the heart of India

Six states hold the key to India realising the demographic dividend

Shankar Acharya: Deglobalisation - The decisive decade?

Although the returns from outward-looking policies are less today, substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives