COLUMNS
WIDE CANVAS
Inclusiveness and inequality
Growth is bound to be imperfectly distributed in an economy like India's even if development policy is made as inclusive as possible. Using this yardstick, one would perhaps not be far off the mark in suggesting that the UPA regime has done well till now under the leadership of its economist Prime Minister.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Some more headroom likely for bulls
But correction zone fast approaching
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Fund houses should educate investors on asset allocation
Over-exposure to certain categories of funds may ruin chances of getting better returns
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VISION 2020
Populist practices belong to the past
The government has all along been obsessed with caste politics, with poverty alleviation, with controls, pacifying local robber barons, and maximising inputs without reference to efficiency. Each one of these populist practices has outlived its utili ty, and deserves to be consigned to oblivion, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
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CHAT
Tread not into unknown terrain
Jogin was compiling a list of trillionaires. Khan was studying cases of quick sell-out a la Glaceau. Dakshinamoorthy was computing the tax implications of cross-border private equity deals... And Sridevi remembered to pool in the trio for the ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
France gears up for reform
Sitting in the public square outside l'Hotel de Ville (town hall) in Aix en Provence, France, on a beautiful day in May, I watched the place come alive with enterprise. Horticulturists from the area unload tables and racks from their vans, ...
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