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Taming inflation

The US Fed might be able to get the job done at a lower cost than is widely feared

BS Views of the week: RBL CEO, Agnipath protests, plastic ban, and more

Stories of beautiful minds

Looking back can deepen our understanding of whose shoulders we stand on but it is equally important to celebrate those who are in our midst today

Of surrogates & brand extensions

Can ITC theoretically still sponsor a Wills World Cup today? Not as an extension of the cigarette brand, but ITC could still do it. How?

Time for Koshyari to be active, again

Mr Koshyari has been more than just a disinterested observer from the time he came to the Raj Bhavan in September 2019

How G7 could help the debt-distressed

This small and wealthy group with its outsize power is uniquely positioned to help low-income countries manage deteriorating macroeconomic conditions

How the US could lose the new cold war

The credibility gap is even wider when it comes to climate change, which disproportionately affects those in the Global South who have the least ability to cope

Who doesn't want growth?

The RBI, however, cannot use the growth argument to justify inflation

Best of BS Opinion: China's zero Covid policy, fiscal weakness, and more

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China's zero Covid policy & India's opportunity

India must suitably reorient its trade policy to take advantage of China's persistence with lockdowns

Best of BS Opinion: Managing currency risks, no single-use plastic & more

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Agni pareeksha

Agnipath promises to hire only about 46,000 people initially; this would be increased in subsequent years

Best of BS Opinion: Textbook errors, the complex world of regulators & more

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The complex world of regulators

Independent and continued evaluation of statutory regulatory agencies is necessary and important for feedback to regulators and Parliament

Best of BS Opinion: WTO still lives, India's trade contradictions & more

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Agnipath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Nike model' just doesn't do it

From land acquisition to GST to Agnipath, the Prime Minister seems to put outcome ahead of the process

BS Views of the week: 5G, Right to property, market turmoil, and more

Will age be just a number?

Scientists are of the view that if all age-related diseases vanish, the average human life expectancy shall jump to 89 years; still, there will be no escape from death

Politics & economics: A strange role reversal

Politics had assumed growth to be the autonomous variable which happened on its own but distribution to be in need of state intervention

The flawed rationale behind Agnipath

The global experience suggests a possible ideological basis for such schemes