Series – Page 3 – NICKELED AND DIMED

Baluchistan- An Untold Story

Whenever we talk about Pakistan, we hear of Kashmir, LOC, the dynamic Siyasat of Pakistan or Pervez Musharraf just for the sake of it, but we have never heard enough about the issues of the Baloch (indigenous habitants of Baluchistan). Baluchistan is practically 40% of Pakistan’s geographical landmass, but it is still plagued with issues…
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When more is not good: A comparative analysis of Zimbabwean hyperinflation

Through this article. Siddharth Shukla, aims to look at the hyperinflation crisis in Zimbabwe. the causes which led to it and to analyse the situation and circumstances in order to prevent such a situation from arising again.
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Irish Banking Crisis and Herd Behaviour

In this paper Mr. Devashish Mathur attempts to look at the Irish Banking Crisis from the lens of behavioral economics. Irish Banking Crisis in 2008 made Ireland a ‘public finance posterchild’ prior to the European Debt Crisis of 2009.The paper specifically focuses on Irish Banking Crisis as to how banks failed without venturing into the…
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The Budget After Demonetisation: Will the Government Reform India’s Tax Structure?

Demonetisation was meant to widen India’s tax base and increase our abysmally low tax-GDP ratio. The government could further this aim in more concrete ways through the Budget. In this article, Deepanshu Mohan talks about the possible budget scenarios after demonetisation. “Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence…but…
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India’s Alternative Approach Towards African Market.

In this article, Atharva argues that despite the availability of abundance of mineral reserves in Africa, the country depends on foreign economic actors and investments owing to the lack of a sustainable manufacturing sector. This makes Africa prone to exploitation, by countries that look for an external source to uplift their consumer markets. However, the…
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The Commodity Price Shock in Venezuela

The state of Venezuela currently finds itself in a beleaguered state. The downturn in global commodity prices, particularly oil (Venezuela’s chief export), has hit the Venezuelan economy hard. In this article, Achyut Mishra attempts to analyse the relationship between a Commodity Price Shock (henceforth CPS) and various macroeconomic indicators of Venezuelan economy.
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Liquidity Crunch and its Implications on Argentina

The macroeconomic history of Argentina has always been a tumultuous one. The country has defaulted on its external and internal debts many times, has experienced a couple of episodes of hyperinflation, and has also faced several banking crises. These events can be explained by a plethora of endogenous and exogenous factors. These factors though, it…
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Sectoral Analysis: E-commerce in India

In the past few decades, rapid development in the information and telecommunications sector has greatly impacted the way we live- especially with the growing importance of the e-commerce sector. While the traditional shop-based retailing still thrives, e-commerce has been consistently gaining ground with the entry of e-commerce behemoths such as Amazon and Alibaba along with…
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The Mirage of Inclusive Growth

In this article, Deepanshu Mohan speaks of the need to unlearn the theoretical neo-liberalist idea of inclusive growth, to delve into a more pragmatic approach where growth and redistribution are hinged on to each other, and how government interference is imperative to purge growth inequalities that stemmed out from the pro-market policies.
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Two Years Since Make in India

In this article, Ashwath Komath revisits the arguments for the Make in India programme, nearly two years since its conception, to assess whether it is truly needed and beneficial in the Indian development context. As the Modi government turns two on May 26th, we should take a look at his past initiatives, one of the…
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A Lost Comparative Advantage? Case of India’s Electronics Manufacturing Sector

A piece on India’s ailing electronics manufacturing sector by Deepanshu Mohan and Mehak Malhotra argues that unintended oversight in a hurried liberalisation policy as well as a shift in focus towards the IT software industry during the 90s gave the electronics hardware industry an early blow from which it has been unable to recover…
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How much did the Israeli war really cost?

Swetha Meenal argues about the various visible and hidden costs of the Israeli war through an effort to link the economic impacts of the war to every violation of a constitutional right. Thereby, she also exposes certain aspects that have been completely ignored by the western media… “Families are being wiped out in such massive numbers.…
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