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Essays on public policy, technology, and geopolitics.

2026

July 2026 — Takshashila Institution
India’s Credible Commitment Crisis
July 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Operation Trialblazer - the name takes all the glory
June 2026 — Takshashila Institution
The EU-US Trade Deal (Truce?)
May 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Why trucks stick to the right?
May 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Making better environmental trade-offs
May 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Browser Choice vs Defaults
May 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Who paid for the Liberation Day Tariffs
April 2026 — Takshashila Institution
India’s inflation blindspot
April 2026 — Takshashila Institution
State of the Economy
April 2026 — Takshashila Institution
Introduce MDR and Make UPI Sustainable
March 2026 — Takshashila Institution
India is the Pharmacy of the World. But We Are Losing the Drug Development Race

2025

August 2025 — Takshashila Institution
FTA and Public Health
July 2025 — Takshashila Institution
India-UK sign FTA
May 2025 — Takshashila Institution
What’s the point of a trade deal?

2023

August 2023 — Medium
1.5 stars for the rating system — How the rating system is breaking!
April 2023 — Medium
How not to Regulate

2017

October 2017 — Medium
Consumer abandonment due to annoying ads
October 2017 — Medium
Exclusion through apps
July 2017 — Medium
The Indian (government’s) definition of luxury
July 2017 — Medium
What will be done with the additional tax revenue?
June 2017 — Medium
BRO at your service
May 2017 — Medium
The threat of IT job losses in India
May 2017 — Medium
You can be pro-poor without resorting to populism
April 2017 — Medium
Do Anti-Poverty Programmes backfire?
February 2017 — Medium
Time Lags in Price Mechanism
February 2017 — Medium
Budget 2017 and the Digital Economy

2016

December 2016 — Medium
Does the Govt. need to go cashless?
November 2016 — Medium
Trump, globalisation, and Indian trade
November 2016 — Medium
Aftermath of Venezuelan Socialism
October 2016 — Medium
Boycotting Chinese goods: Impractical and harms the national interest
October 2016 — Medium
Commercial models for Public Wi-Fi
September 2016 — Medium
Structural Reforms: What are they and how do you go about it?
August 2016 — Medium
Problems with Movement of Goods within India
May 2016 — Medium
Karnataka vs. Cab-Aggregators (Part II)
May 2016 — Medium
Rent Control in Mumbai
April 2016 — Medium
A Ban on Surge Pricing will Create Shortages
April 2016 — Medium
Distortionary Public Policy
March 2016 — Medium
8th Standard Pass Yaake?
March 2016 — Medium
Geoeconomics Round-up
March 2016 — Medium
Allocative Efficiency vs. Social welfare
February 2016 — Medium
Budgets, Cigarettes, and MRP
February 2016 — Medium
Why are petrol prices not decreasing?
February 2016 — Medium
Growth, Urbanisation, and Poverty Reduction in India
February 2016 — Medium
Price of Dosas
February 2016 — Medium
Karnataka vs Cab-Aggregators
February 2016 — Medium
Inflation in India — Part 2
February 2016 — Medium
Inflation in India — Part 1
February 2016 — Medium
Aftermath of Venezuelan Socialism
January 2016 — Medium
Changes in FDI Regulation in 2015
January 2016 — Medium
Postcard from Kodaikanal
January 2016 — Medium
Has Modi lost the Narrative Dominance?
January 2016 — Medium
Flavoursome Financial Instruments
January 2016 — Medium
Taking advantage of lower commodity prices
January 2016 — Medium
The Chinese Debt Burden
January 2016 — Medium
Brazilian Economy in the Doldrums
January 2016 — Medium
Ministry of Risk Management

2015

December 2015 — Medium
Karnataka’s confounding solar policy
November 2015 — Medium
Upholding Economic Freedom
September 2015 — Medium
Costly Holidays
September 2015 — Medium
Glittery Alternatives
August 2015 — Medium
The Need for Clarity in the Revised IFC
August 2015 — Medium
A Fiscal Lesson for Monetary Policy
July 2015 — Medium
Central Bank Independence — Part II
July 2015 — Medium
The Macroeconomic Case for Central Bank Independence — II
July 2015 — Medium
The Macroeconomic Case for Central Bank Independence — I
July 2015 — Medium
Central Bank Independence — Part I
July 2015 — Medium
Divergence between Wholesale and Retail Inflation
July 2015 — Medium
Do ‘Make in India’ and ‘Startup India’ go together?
June 2015 — Medium
Snippets from the Greek Crisis
June 2015 — Medium
Deadly Taxes
June 2015 — Medium
The Economic Consequences of Debt Repayment
June 2015 — Medium
Demonetising a currency
June 2015 — Medium
Narendra Modi’s One Year — A review of reviews
May 2015 — Medium
Potential Output — Importance and Estimation
May 2015 — Medium
The Pritchett Test for Evaluating Policy Programs
April 2015 — Medium
Why is the Dollar the World’s Reserve Currency?
April 2015 — Medium
The Murky Connections between Trade and Exchange Rate
April 2015 — Medium
Using Price Discrimination to ensure Net Neutrality
April 2015 — Medium
Does a strong currency mean a strong economy?
February 2015 — Medium
Making Sense of India’s Latest GDP Figures
February 2015 — Medium
Snapshot of India’s Export Industries
February 2015 — Medium
Deflationary trend in the world economy
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