How the Gold Standard caused the Great Depression with a little help from Washington and unchecked credit expansion?
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THE THIRD CONUNDRUM
By Vedant Singh Vishwanath The liberalised Indian economy has seen three major economic downturns that will forever be etched, not only into the hearts and minds of the people that lived through them, but also into the carvings of eternity. The first of these downturns was the slowdown of 1997, which lasted in some form…
INDIA IN THE MIDST OF THE TRADE WAR
– Vedant Singh Vishwanath Today as global policy makers seem to recede back into the 17th century of protectionism and barriers of unwanted sorts; in trade, in culture, in immigration and even in humanity, something that people can’t stop talking about is the trade war. So before I talk of “ free trade v/s fair…
THE ECONOMICS OF EFFICIENCY
– Vedant Singh Vishwanath Something that almost all Indians seem to complain about is the slowness and often incompetence of our government-run institutions. Given this, despite having no real practical experience in the field; I’d like to throw a little light on this issue being faced by us today. I firmly believe that any modern…
