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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicEconomic inequality

Topic: economic inequality

India & China’s inequality trajectories similar, says economist at Giri Deshingkar Memorial Lecture

Economist Vamsi Vakulabharanam notes that despite differing political systems, both nations have had similar inequality trajectories, particularly after adopting market reforms.

SubscriberWrites: Wealth of a Nation is not measured in gold or money

In the process of wealth assessment, there is a need to distinguish between poverty and inequality. Poverty is an economic construct.

Glittering GDP, high poverty: The paradox of Karnataka’s unequal growth

Karnataka has one of the highest per capita incomes in India, but 36 per cent of the state’s GDP comes from just one district — Bengaluru Urban.

Global inequalities don’t have easy solutions. But altering trade policy can be a start

A new vision for the global trading system must encompass equitable access to the benefits of trade for all of society.

India’s top 100 billionaires earned Rs 13 lakh crore despite Covid hit — Oxfam report

Oxfam report says wealth of India’s top 100 billionaires increased enough during Covid that, if divided equally, it could translate to over Rs 94,000 each for 138 million of India’s poorest.

India could afford to overlook economic inequality until now. Covid has changed that

For two decades, I had maintained that unlike the developed West, India should not be overly concerned about inequalities because our economy was in the growth phase.

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The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?