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Economist Milton Friedman dead

The 94-year-old economist was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from 1977 to 2006.

Debate on no-confidence motion replete with poetry

From Indian poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar to English great William Shakespeare, Lok Sabha members quoted extensively from literature to put across their arguments as they raised the Manipur issue during a debate on the no-confidence motion over the past two days.

Delhiites to lose 11.9 years of their lives to pollution

The study said fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens an average Indian's life expectancy by 5.3 years, relative to what it would be if the 5 g/m3 pollution limit set by (WHO) was met.

Meet Raj Chetty, the 'Baby Nobel' winner this year

A 360-degree view of the man, his family and his pioneering work on education.

Meet Raj Chetty, the 'Baby Nobel' winner this year

A 360-degree view of the man, his family and his pioneering work on education.

'You make money when you differ with the Street'

Jean Tirole wins 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics

French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation, the RoyalSwedishAcademy of Sciences said on Monday.

Unconventional policy tool? Rajan has doubts

'Helicopter drop' was first proposed as an alternative to quantitative easing.

Should RBI print money and finance govt's fiscal deficit?

Experts disagree with the idea and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which has the sole right to print money, is not comfortable with it as well.

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

Although the first woman to hold the position of chief economist at IMF, it would be wrong to see her appointment through the lens of gender

'It is climate change time for corporate India'

'There are companies that are losing and there are companies that are rising.' 'And the companies that are losing are positioning it as an economic slowdown.'

Meet the crusader against obsolete laws

Parth J Shah is the man behind the The 100 Laws Project, a listing of the country's ludicrous but extant legislations.

The return of the activist State

The middle class's long push to force the state to retreat from the economy may be reversing, says Ajit Balakrishnan.

Modi@1: The PM is wasting away great power

Narendra Modi is squandering a mandate for change on feeble, unimaginative incrementalism.

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral Acharya.