Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization by Richard C. Koo, April 2018, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, Pp 320 “The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization” by Richard…
DetailsHome Individual and Family Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility Book Review: A Crisis of Beliefs – Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility, $29.95, Pages 264, 2018 “A Crisis of Beliefs” by Prof. Nicola Gennaioli and Prof. Andrei Shleifer marks an important development in finance research. In…
DetailsHome Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Energy and Civilization: A History Book Review: Energy and Civilization – A History, Paperback, $19.95, Pages 568, November 2018 “Energy and Civilization: A History” is most likely close to 40th book by Prof. Vaclav Smil, who can be considered one of the most influential writers of our time.…
DetailsHome Organisation Choices Publications Perspectives How do we get the price we deserve? How do we get the price we deserve? Why is understanding customers’ perceived value and the impact on price differentials so important? To achieve the price we deserve we first need to have to look at the motivators of the individual customer…
DetailsHome Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies The Indian Growth Paradox: Disconcerting Divergence between Consumer Confidence and Industrial Outlook Surveys The Indian Growth Paradox: Disconcerting Divergence between Consumer Confidence and Industrial Outlook Surveys Observations Summary A structural break in business’ assessment of current and the future business and economic conditions, i.e., post the discontinuity…
DetailsHome Organisation Choices Publications Perspectives Compensation and Incentive Structures: A Perspective Paper Compensation and Incentive Structures: A Perspective Paper The seemingly simple questions of what and how to compensate employees form the core of how employees and indeed the firms and economic systems perform. They are also at the intersection of human nature (what motivates…
DetailsHome Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Do Steep Price Increases destroy Markets? Do Steep Price Increases destroy Markets? The Case of Housing Market in India In the housing market, we define affordability as the House Price to Income Ratio. The Reserve Bank of India in its Residential Asset Price Monitoring Survey, July 11,…
DetailsHome Public Policy Choices Research Publications Perspective Essence of Frame Reflection: Distinguishing between Disagreement and Intractable Controversy Essence of Frame Reflection: Distinguishing between Disagreement and Intractable Controversy I have put together this note to introduce the idea of ‘frame reflection’ and how it allows us to discover each other’s ‘frame of reference’ or ‘mental model’…
DetailsHome Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies The Growth Paradox: Resolution through Change in ‘Frames for Choices’ The Growth Paradox: Resolution through Change in ‘Frames for Choices’ Our inaugural Conclave last year had focused on making choices in a growth-constrained, information-age economy. Senior business and academic leaders had discussed about the structural and cyclical factors…
DetailsHome 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…
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