Capitalism

Is the capitalistic model broken? India needs many more leaders like Tata

Ratan was not the first group head to receive adulation. Archives show when Jamsetji died in 1904, the public was full of praise and love for him

Best of BS Opinion: Pradhan future BJP chief, Indians on Palestine, more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Poor standard of living makes democracy difficult to maintain: Martin Wolf

Business Standard Manthan: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times spoke on birth, rise and factors that may lead to the decline of democratic capitalism

Capitalism is dead, long live the techno-rentiers

In his new book, economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that we are essentially in a rentier economy, where technology overlords have become the new aristocrats

WEF highlights: India's growth momentum to stay, says RBI Guv at Davos

LIVE updates on World Economic Forum: The theme of the Open Forum Davos 2024, which takes place January 15-19, is: "From Lab to Life: Science in Action". Catch all the latest news updates here

Hitchens: The art of the polemicist

Much of Hitchens's fugitive material has made its way into print, sometimes in block-size collections

Reinventing capitalism for the digital age

Ro Khanna's book reveals the dual nature of the Digital Revolution, urging policymakers to decentralise growth and ensure inclusivity in the face of its transformative impact

Puncturing the world map

This narrative, how­ever, overlooks the forces that were at play already when these nations emer­ged and that would 50 years later end up draw­ing hard limits on what states could do

Democratic capitalism in peril?

Markets and democracy are not necessarily compatible, and the inherent tensions are becoming more apparent than ever

Palo Alto, Marxian nightmare

Harris seems to acknowledge that some developments that have taken place under capitalism, such as FDR's New Deal, are actually better than others

Indian capitalism's stress test

The Adani crisis is the greatest stress test for Indian capitalism yet. So far, India has passed it, with almost 10/10

Saving Asia from stalling growth

Asia might not reach its full growth potential, argue the authors of The Connections World, thanks to the nexus between the state and selected private business enterprises in the continent

Harvard Business Review's 5 ideas that will reshape capitalism's next era

To celebrate its 100th birthday the Harvard Business Review has come out with a fat book containing its most influential and innovative articles

A post-crisis understanding of state capitalism

Has the Washington Consensus failed? Lalita Som's book explores this debate from the prism of case studies of eight countries, including the BRICS

How Jack Welch re-shaped capitalism

David Gelles describes unbroken capitalism's exemplary big companies in the 20th century that treated employees fairly and focused on long-term growth - such as GE

Most capitalist Budget, inequality rising in India rapidly: P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram said the Union Budget was the "most capitalist" with nothing for the poor and farmers while sops were being provided to big industrialists turning India into a very "unequal country"

Immersion in the Tata 'black box'

Book review of Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism

Two 'A's plus… Could concentrated corporate dominance fade away in India?

It's hard to say because of the winner-take-all nature of new platform and network businesses, but Reliance has not been an efficient user of capital, and Adani numbers are varied, writes T N Ninan

Letter to the Editor: Identifying Indian Right

Strong nationalism is always a defining feature of our ideological leaning, says BJP spokesperson

Did central planning end in July 1991?

Government picking winners is alive and well