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Recurring column, Project Syndicate
2024
Industrial policy's deceptive new clothes, Project Syndicate, September 2024
Central banks should raise the bar for intervention, Financial Times, August 2024
Bracing for a more inflationary world, Project Syndicate, July 2024
Reform or Risk Irrelevance, Finance and Development, June 2024
Reform may be the winner in the Indian elections, Financial Times, June 2024
Modi's Middling Economy, Foreign Affairs, May 2024.
Interview (with Rohit Lamba) on Breaking the Mold, Project Syndicate, May 2024
Trading Democracy for Prosperity is a False Choice for Indians, Financial Times, May 2024
Why India Cannot go the China Way, Project Syndicate, May 2024
The World Needs Reminding -- Governments are not good at picking winners, Financial Times, March 2024
The Danger of Forgetting the 2023 Banking Crisis (with Viral Acharya), Project Syndicate, Feb 2024
Project Syndicate Interview on inflation, financial risks, interest rates, and more. Jan 2024
2023
Central banks are wrong to abandon key guardrails Financial Times Dec 2023
Breaking the Mould (with Rohit Lamba) Times of India Dec 2023
When more financial regulation is not better, Project Syndicate, November 2023
Riskless Capitalism (with Luigi Zingales) Finance and Development (IMF Publication)
The Populist Advantage, Project Syndicate, August 2023
Unilateral action on climate change can have unintended effects, Financial Times, August 2023
Riskless Capitalism, Finance and Development, June 2023
The Separation Myth, Project Syndicate, June 2023
The Fed and Bank Failures, Project Syndicate, April 2023.
A Silver Lining that may Turn into Gold, Times of India, April 2023
For Central Banks, Less is More, Finance and Development, March 2023
Hard Landing or harder one: The Fed Has to Choose, Financial Times, March 2023
Less is More: Article on Central Banking in Finance and Development (IMF Publication)
The Gospel of Deglobalization, Foreign Affairs, Jan-Feb 2023
Central Banks Can't Win When it Comes to Credibility on Inflation, Financial Times, January 2023
Will the Fed Overdo It, Project Syndicate, January 2023
Sense and Nonsense in Evaluating the PLI Scheme: LinkedIn Post
Sense and Nonsense in Evaluating the PLI Scheme: Summary
Divided By Growth, Times of India, January 2023
2022
Where Have all the Jobs Gone, Times of India, December 2022
De-globalization is a climate threat, Project Syndicate, November 2022
The Undemocratic Trinity in Indian Politics, Times of India, October 2022
Where has All the Liquidity Gone, Project Syndicate, October 2022
Policies Need Evidence, Times of India, September 2022
Stop Berating Central Banks and Let them Tackle Inflation, Financial Times, August 2022
The Next Twenty Five Years, Times of India August 2022
The Post-Inflation Economy that Could Be, Project Syndicate, July 2022.
A National Growth Agenda, Times of India, June 2022
Just Say "No" to Friend Shoring, Project Syndicate, May 2022
We need to Revitalize the World Economy in Inclusive Ways, Financial Times, May 2022
Diverse in Our Unity, Times of India, May 2022
Investing in the People, Times of India, March 2022
Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction, Project Syndicate, March 2022
An Alternative Vision for India's Growth Times of India, February 2022
The Case for Liberal Democracy Times of India, January 2022
The End of Free-Lunch Economics, Project Syndicate, January 2022
2021
Monetary and Inflationary Traps Project Syndicate, November 2021
Reducing Global Emissions can be Simple and Self-Financing, Financial Times, November 2nd, 2021
China's Risky Business Crackdown Project Syndicate, September 2021
The Dangers of Endless Quantitative Easing Project Syndicate, Aug 2nd 2021
A lopsided recovery from the pandemic bodes ill for developing countries Financial Times, July 21, 2021
A Global Incentive to Reduce Emissions Project Syndicate, May 31, 2021
A riot of US spending spells trouble for future generations Financial Times April 4 2021
All Eyes on Digital Payments Project Syndicate, Mar 25, 2021
LinkedIn post on free speech in India and Professor Pratap Mehta's resignation from Ashoka University. March 19, 2021
Interview to the Press Trust of India on the Indian Economy, the Budget, Financial Sector Reforms, etc. March 14, 2021
Building Back Broader Project Syndicate Feb 8 2021
2020
State support for Covid-hit companies has to change Financial Times, December 20, 2020
How much debt is too much? Project Syndicate November 30, 2020
Do we really need industrial houses in Indian banking? (with Viral Acharya) November 2020
What Should Corporations Do? Project Syndicate October 6 2020
Plan to Conserve Resources for a Future Stimulus are Self-Defeating Economic Times Sep 7 2020
Should Governments Spend Away Project Syndicate Aug 3, 2020
Pursue self-interest by helping other economies too Financial Times, July 8, 2020
Interview with Stephen Sackur on BBC Hard Talk.
Which Post-Pandemic Government Project Syndicate May 22 2020
Monetization: Neither Game Changer nor Catastrophe Today... posted note May 2020
Business cannot simply awake from this coma and carry on... Financial Times, May 12, 2020
How to Save Global Capitalism from Itself... Foreign Policy Magazine April 2020
Interview with Mythili Bhusnurmath of Times Now
A long haul, spend wisely but don't skimp on the truly needy... Indian Express with Abhijit Banerjee and Amartya Sen
Interview with Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party
Interview with Prannoy Roy of NDTV on the Coronavirus pandemic.
How to restart the economy after the lock down: Perhaps India's greatest challenge of our times Times of India April 6, 2020
Rich countries cannot win the war against coronavirus alone Financial Times Mar 20, 2020
The Pandemic Stress Test Project Syndicate Mar 12 2020
My Review in the Financial Times of Thomas Piketty's new book, Capitalism and Ideology.
Protecting Trade Project Syndicate Jan 14 2020
2019
"A Fair and Simple Way to Tax Carbon Emissions", Financial Times, December 17, 2019
"How to Fix the Economy", India Today, December 16, 2019"
"Our Future is in Our Communities", Turning Point (A New York Times Venture), December 4, 2019
"Is Economic Winter Coming", Project Syndicate, November 12, 2019
"The True Toll of the Trade War", Project Syndicate, September 5, 2019
"Central Banks are the Fall Guys", Project Syndicate, July 31, 2019
"The Roots of Our Discontent", Project Syndicate, Jun 28, 2019
"Should India Issue a Foreign Currency Sovereign Bond", Times of India, July 13, 2019.
"A Review of YV Reddy's Fiscal Federalism in the Times of India , July 1, 2019"
"A new approach to saving failing communities", CNN Business Perspective, June 18, 2019
"Capitalism Needs Populism", Project Syndicate, May 6, 2019
"Investment alone cannot save distressed communities", Financial Times, May 1, 2019
"An alternative to shareholder value maximization", Bloomberg, May 1, 2019
"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs", Times of India, April 2019
"Truly Taking Back Control", Project Syndicate, March 27 2019
"Regulating Data", Barron's, March 10 2019
"Xi Jinping needs a deal as much as Donald Trump Does", Financial Times, March 6 2019
"A Better Populism", Project Syndicate, Feb 27, 2019
"Disruption, Concentration, and the New Economy" Mint, January 2019.
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