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Topic2008 financial crisis

Topic: 2008 financial crisis

The Lehman crisis was bad, but the government’s cure could leave us all worse off

Mark Gongloff -
A growing portion of the financial ecosystem has retreated into the shadows where there is neither transparency nor regulation. On a Sunday night 10 years ago, I...

The billionaires and the baba: How Fortis Healthcare founders burnt through $2 billion

Ari Altstedter -
Over the years, brothers Malvinder and Shivinder loaned about Rs 2,500 crore to their spiritual guru Gurvinder Singh Dhillon which they failed recover.

Banks are still not trustworthy, even if they tell you they are

Satyajit Das -
Though regulators claim financial systems are now stronger than they were in 2008, their resilience is yet to be seen. 

Recessions can be predicted years in advance, say experts

Noah Smith -
Cracking the code of booms and busts will allow central banks, regulators & policy makers to stave off crises instead of cleaning up afterwards. 

10 future shocks our world is completely unprepared for

Alex Gray -
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2018, shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis may become more likely.
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Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

Stela Dey -
The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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