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New Year outlook: Brutal conflicts and AI excesses may persist, but let's hope for a soft landing

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- As the year draws to a close, tradition demands that General Disequilibrium provide a perspective on the year gone by. However, in the spirit of bygones being bygones, it might b... Read More


Death by overuse: Let's refrain from using the term 'reform' for every policy change that's announced

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- Everybody should take a beat and think before uttering the word 'reforms' the next time. Glib usage, frequently in the wrong context, threatens to rob the word of its import. Th... Read More


The World Bank and IMF may have a point about regulatory gaps in India's financial sector

New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- The quinquennial report cards on India's financial sector have been issued and they present a disturbing picture. The World Bank's Financial Sector Assessment and the Internation... Read More


Book review: A tribute to the resilience of Indian businesses

New Delhi, Nov. 15 -- Professional historians and the scientific study of history have come under severe assault in the "post-truth" era. Distorted and revisionist history, including re-invented histo... Read More


AI regulation must go far beyond content labelling to secure the interests of Indian consumers

New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- The government's draft rules to regulate content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) on online platforms have received mixed reviews, with negative opinions outweighing posi... Read More


Trouble at the top: The Tata Group faces an important test of leadership

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- The Tata Group is no stranger to trouble. The 157-year-old industrial group has weathered multiple storms-both external and internal-in the past. A new in-house leadership crisis... Read More


RBI credit reforms: India's central bank seems concerned about the state of India's economy

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- It all starts with some signalling, achieved largely through adjustment of liquidity and recalibration of benchmark rates as well as yield curves. Then comes nuanced communication... Read More


Stock market danger: The myth of buoyancy has turned it into a hamster wheel

New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- A recent research report from a prominent Mumbai brokerage house has shocked Indian capital markets by lifting the veil over the Indian stock market's non-performance. But in do... Read More