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Carbon pricing is not a silver bullet but faith endures in this market approach to climate action

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Market failure is a prickly idea in economics. It exists in theory, is acknowledged in textbooks and is occasionally invoked in policy debates, but it sits uneasily with the prof... Read More


The success and stumbles of IndiGo and Vodafone offer lessons on regulation and its enforcement

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Unlike Charles Dickens' fabled expression, it isn't the best or worst of times for us in India; we have seen better and we have seen worse. Inspired, however, by the title of the ... Read More


Lesson from India's aviation market failure: The Invisible Hand is theory but regulation is a must

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Last week was yet another education in how fragile markets truly are. When one private airline faltered, schedules collapsed, weddings were disrupted, families struggled, students... Read More


The statecraft of aspiration-Why India loves setting impossible national targets

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- India's developmental journey over the last decade or so has been marked by an ambitious setting of goals-defined by slogans, timelines, dashboards and often quantified targets. F... Read More