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'Taxing Billionaires Is Not A Bad Idea'

'If we want real democracy, the economy itself will need to be democratised.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi holds a roadshow for the Lok Sabha elections in Varanasi,......

Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Jean Dreze

Development economist Jean Dreze said the Indian democracy is currently navigating a crisis that is not only limited to the 'recent wave of authoritarianism' but also suppression of opposition......

CBI books activist Harsh Mander, NGO for forex violations

The CBI has registered a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act against human rights activist Harsh Mander and his NGO, and searched his premises on Friday,......

'The sooner we junk the rhetoric of freebies, the better'

'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.' IMAGE: Women commuters in New Delhi show their pink tickets. Photograph: PTI Photo Free electricity. Free bus ride. Free......

Why Stalin is Tamil Nadu's CM with a difference

From social engineering to bearing the cost of Covid-19 treatment to financial reconstruction of Tamil Nadu's debt, the debutant chief minister is emerging as a leader with a difference, says Shjne......

UPA and the economic consequences of Amartya Sen

Unless the middle class in society perceives that it derives some benefits from the state, it will be unwilling to finance redistribution, notes Arvind Subramanian. This United Progressive Alliance......

Government's food subsidy bill may double

Various estimates of the extra cost to the government for an improved food security Bill are doing the rounds, but many agree the Union government's proposed food subsidy bill would double. The......

How successful are anti-poverty schemes

Whether the poor respond to economic incentives is fiercely debated and the battle lines between different groups of economists are sharply drawn. In an important contribution, T Besley and S Coate......

Can the State really help the poor?

Would you allow a busload of convicted rapists to become the guards and wardens of a women's hostel? Or a bunch of jackals to guard a hen coop?If not, why the silent acquiescence about the rural......

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Professors Dreze

News for Professors Dreze

'Taxing Billionaires Is Not A Bad Idea'

Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Jean Dreze

CBI books activist Harsh Mander, NGO for forex violations

'The sooner we junk the rhetoric of freebies, the better'

Why Stalin is Tamil Nadu's CM with a difference

UPA and the economic consequences of Amartya Sen

Government's food subsidy bill may double

How successful are anti-poverty schemes

Can the State really help the poor?

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