Unless something changes, Mr Trump is a huge threat right now, which is perhaps not being recognised fully, cautions Debashis Basu.
If China attains economic predominance, democracy may well lose its lustre as the global norm.
China can maintain its currency undervaluation practices only at the risk of global macroeconomic imbalances, says Dani Rodrik.
Despite the hue and cry, governments have imposed remarkably few barriers on imports
The internal battle within the Obama administration seemed to have been won by Paul Volcker, the impressive and outspoken former Federal Reserve chairman who has long been a critic of financial innovation.
The world economy has been run for too long by finance enthusiasts. It is time that finance sceptics began to take over.
The nine per cent growth of United Progressive Alliance-I was an aberration.
Democracy, nation-state and globalisation can't go together; we can have at the most two at one time, says Dani Rodrik.
Globalisation with small government has not been a successful pairing.
To be sure, this is not some stunning new revelation that our equity markets are beholden to foreign flows.
Relying on the private sector to undertake infrastructure investment may not be a realistic proposition.
A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.
'In contrast to the generally buoyant tone of the Economic Survey in January, he sounds uncharacteristically pessimistic, saying that forces in the world economy -- slowing global trade, protectionism, robots -- will limit India's manufacturing to levels well below what propelled East Asia's economies decades ago.'
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If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Along with the US and China, India could be a big enough force in global manufacturing
Thanks to rupee depreciation, India has a chance to fundamentally rework its stifled manufacturing sector.
The unemployment situation is becoming increasingly acute.
'There are a lot of positive things these reforms are bringing about and it is only a matter of some quarters before the growth rate picks up momentum.' 'Until then we need to be a little bit patient.'
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