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Category: Economic Growth

FRBM and Budget 2020

Debt and deficits – the two words that keep the government and its ambitious budgets in check. While governments would love to spend until their heart’s content, the fear of exceeding tax revenue and having to borrow (along with other macroeconomic reasons) reigns in government spending. The fiscal deficit is an important aspect of any…
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Poor Countries in a Rich World : Does globalization really lead to convergence?

Scholars who believe in the theories put forward by Adam Smith predict that globalization started in the late 15th century. Some believe that it stretches back even further (O’Rourke 2002). The third view argues that the world was completely de-globalized at the start of the 19th century. However, we can be certain of one…
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Why India Pulled Out Of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

The RCEP is the world’s largest trade agreement, and India is no longer going to be a part of it. The article discusses what the RCEP is, what India stood to gain, and why the BJP ultimately gave in to internal pressures to let go of another chance to liberalise trade in India.
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Does Investing in Healthcare lead to Economic Growth?

The author talks talks about the casual relationship between economic growth and healthcare.
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Equity markets and the economic slowdown

This article narrates the movement of equity markets since the signs of economic slowdown began showing.
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Tulip Mania: The First Economic Bubble!

The author tries to present an account of different narratives about the first economic crisis, ‘Tulipmania’ in Netherlands, arguing whether the bubble was irrational based on speculation or a full blown crisis for the Dutch economy.
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China’s One Belt One Road could be the Marshall Plan of the 21st century

With the global economy in a constant decline coupled with the gradual decline of the United States, and China constantly vying to replace it as the global hegemon, the answer lies in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The author seeks to illustrate how the OBOR is going to be the Marshall Plan of the 21st…
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Challenges preventing India to become a great power-II

In this two article series, author talks about challenges India faces on its way to become a global power.
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The Bitter Truth of Grameen Banks

This article seeks to argue that micro-credit does not necessarily lead to poverty alleviation.
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Part II- Impact of Social Media on Economic Development

In this 2nd article of the two article series, Shubhalakshmi elaborates on impact of social media on agricultural economy.
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Part I- Impact of Social Media on Economic Development

In this two article series, Shubhalakshmi talks about the impact of social media on economy.
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Understanding Food deflation in India

In this article Niharika Yadav aims to analyse the deflationary trends in food prices in India. Reading Time: 7 minutes
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