Shankkar Aiyar
Stories By Shankkar Aiyar
Growth Inflation Trade-Off: RBI's Fuzzy DichotomyThe persistence of the RBI with a higher rate regime is a stance in search of a rationale.
Food-Price Politics, Inflation Economics And Central BanksThe struggle to contain prices is a common facet in advanced and emerging economies.
Food-Price Politics, Inflation Economics And Central BanksThe struggle to contain prices is a common facet in advanced and emerging economies.
Thought Capital: Open Up The GST Data For Insights On The EconomyThere is no cogent explanation yet why the granular data of GST collections is out of public reach.
State Elections: Goats For Votes And India’s Sops SeriesCash transfer is the theme song of the 2021 sops opera, writes Shankkar Aiyar.
BRICS—The Noun In Search Of A VerbThe fact that BRICS continues to occupy global mind space even as it flails in the fog of geopolitics merits attention.
BRICS—The Noun In Search Of A VerbThe fact that BRICS continues to occupy global mind space even as it flails in the fog of geopolitics merits attention.
How The BJP Failed Modi… And India’s FarmersIt would seem as if the party itself had not bought into the vision of its leader, writes Shankkar Aiyar.
India’s K-Shaped Political EconomyThe wide variance in performance across the economy comes embedded with economic & political consequences, writes Shankkar Aiyar.
The Politics Of Economics: Signals From The Election CampaignThe smoke signals emitted by pre-poll promises present a glimpse of discontent and distress in what is verily a K-shaped economy.
Assembly Elections 2023: Beyond The Ballot — States Must Unlock Demographic DividendSuccess demands states reform labour laws, enable land acquisition and unclog regulatory cholesterol.
The Rise Of Xi And The Fall Of ChinaHistory often rhymes. Xi Jinping, haunted by the collapse of the Soviet Union, may want to revisit history.
The Rise Of Xi And The Fall Of ChinaHistory often rhymes. Xi Jinping, haunted by the collapse of the Soviet Union, may want to revisit history.
Rupee Internationalisation Requires Ambitious Domestic LiberalisationThe strong political consensus for weak reforms must be dismantled for India to live up to its potential.
Rupee Internationalisation Requires Ambitious Domestic LiberalisationThe strong political consensus for weak reforms must be dismantled for India to live up to its potential.
Subsidy Race, Onshoring And Higher For Longer InflationThe rule-based world order cannot sustain on a selective engagement nor can it survive a beggar thy ally proposition.
The Missing Notes In Congress RaGaThe parade of Congress presidential poll nominees symbolises how disconnected the party is from the polity of India.
Mind The Gap – Potential, Reality And India Inc. InvestmentsThe question posed by the FM should be reframed to ask state governments what would it take for states to make investments happen.
Mind The Gap – Potential, Reality And India Inc. InvestmentsThe question posed by the FM should be reframed to ask state governments what would it take for states to make investments happen.
India At 75: A Passage Through Crises And TransformationThe question that India must confront as it turns 75 is why every change must await a crisis, writes Shankkar Aiyar.