Since the urban population is more educated and demands greater accountability on economic issues such as housing and transit, increasing their political voice is important.
Joel Mokyr identified prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt showcased how new technologies drive productivity by displacing outdated ones.
Data shows a trend setting in of more Ashoka University students opting for majors that offer relatively secure career prospects, such as Economics, Finance, and Psychology.
Published by Penguin India, 'The Ten Trillion Dream Dented' will be released on 29 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.
The names of the winners for this year were unveiled Thursday. In a first, all 6 were under 40 years of age, in line with Infosys Science Foundation’s new rule.
The Nobel Prize in Economics generates an implied hierarchy of knowledge, and rewards particular ways of thinking. This has great consequence for what ideas are spread and adopted.
The simplicity and clarity with which Hazlitt explains essentials of public choice economics and in the process blows away every single Keynesian myth and fallacy is truly unique.
The ‘Global Unicorn Index 2024’ by Hurun noted that Indian entrepreneurs were creating more unicorns outside the country, and also highlighted the slowdown in start-up funding in India.
Bitgert’s rock-solid fundamentals lend it an upper hand on even the top industry players. It is now officially the first zero-gas blockchain with a speed of 100K TPS.
Manufacturing in China has contracted for the fifth straight month, prompting authorities to announce a series of tax reliefs and incentives to fuel consumer spending.
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.
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