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A theory of fiscal dominance in India

Former RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya offers solutions on how the central bank can ensure financial stability in the country

Can India arrest income inequality?

Thomas Piketty’s prescriptions are too radical. Dattopant Thengadi’s vision is more useful for us

Living in a world without work

Cohabitation with machines is an inevitable future that awaits us. But is it going to be easy?

Learning from US gig economy debate

What are the implications for India in terms of non-formal employment, labour laws and social security?

Amazon is designed to spin like a flywheel: Brian Dumaine

In Bezonomics, the Fortune jounralist explains how Jeff Bezos has shrewdly changed the way business is done in today’s world

War minus the shooting

Today’s trade frictions are rooted in wealth inequality within countries, but they can be fixed

Why it’s important to do nothing

Jenny Odell’s take on avoiding the seduction of the online world is a must-read for Covid times

Code is a new form of government: Clive Thompson

The tech journalist and author of Coders explains how programmers have such a huge impact in our everyday lives

Why it’s hard to be ‘objective’

Behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal spells out how our internal biases shape our worldviews

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

What charts say about 6 key sectors and how to play them

Do note that all the indices are selected purely based on the price action seen on the charts using technical analysis

Looking for safe havens? Try treasury bills

Here is a complete lowdown on treasury bills, which are a good alternative to bank deposits, small savings schemes

Mastering Derivatives: Characteristics of option vega

Vega is positive for long calls and long puts

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up