Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism; Quinn Slobodian; Hardcover; 400 Pages; Harvard University Press; March, 2018. The book present the history of neoliberalism from the days of World War I and disintegration…

Proposed Reserve Bank of India Guidelines on Pay Regulation: Learning from the European Experience

Home Public Policy Choices Publications Perspectives Proposed Reserve Bank of India Guidelines on Pay Regulation: A Perspective Proposed Reserve Bank of India Guidelines on Pay Regulation: A Perspective based on the European Experience   It is indeed timely for RBI to bring focus to pay regulation for private sector banks in India, as the private…

Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control; William Norris;  University Press This gem of a book discusses how state control of the large corporations and asset owners can help the state achieve its longer-term…

Book Review: Indentity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment Book Review: Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; September 2018; Pages 240. The book tries to explain the rise of identity politics, and…

Book Review: War by Other Means by Robert D Blackwell & Jennifer M Harris

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques War by Other Means: Geo-Economics & Statecraft War by Other Means: Geoeconomics & Statecraft by Robert D Blackwill and Jennifer M Harris, Harvard University Press, Pages 384, $19.95 “War by Other Means” is a book which the supporters of free-trade and globally integrated markets would find…

Government Spend, Economic Growth, Deficits and Inflation in India: An Analysis of Aggregates

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Government Spend, Economic Growth, Deficits and Inflation in India: An Analysis of Aggregates Government Spend, Economic Growth, Deficits and Inflation in India: An Analysis of Aggregates India is a low-middle income country, with nearly 2/3rd of its population living in rural areas. It is a young country…

Study of Economic Performance: A Case of India

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Study of Economic Performance: The Case of India Economics is about earnings, consumption, savings and investment choices Macroeconomics studies aggregate values for many different variables in each of the above-mentioned areas. It is a study of level, structure and behaviour of aggregates, like any other variable of…