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TopicGreat Depression

Topic: Great Depression

The world isn’t heading to a new Cold War. It’s closer to the 1930s world order collapse

The Great Depression was not simply the stock market crash of 1929. It brought profound cultural, social, and political changes to the world, from Minneapolis to Mumbai.

These are the world’s most miserable and least miserable economies of 2020

The Bloomberg’s Misery Index tallied inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies. Almost all the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year.

Great Lockdown or Pandession? ⁠Naming this century’s worst crisis isn’t going to be easy

As economists around the world search for the right terminology, it could take years to settle on a name, if history is any guide.

Jobs are a memory for millions now. If migrants don’t return, productivity will be a memory

How many migrants will risk another life-and-death experience? Will employers be forced to offer better terms to get them back? The future invites many questions.

The coronavirus recession has all the ingredients to beat the Great Depression

Let's hope this depression won’t last a decade, but an unprecedented slump followed by years of pain seems inevitable.

Will Modi cut a New Deal? Covid-infected economy can produce an Indian Roosevelt

IMF predicts the worst recession for world economy since Great Depression due to the Covid pandemic. India’s situation is more precarious with a ‘masterstroke’ Modi at helm.

IMF sees world economy in worst recession since Great Depression

IMF’s outlook is for partial recovery in global economy in 2021 if pandemic fades in second half of this year to allow a gradual lifting of containment measures.

On Camera

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

The VFX effects are what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill video game or a mediocre fantasy show. But a film that supposedly cost thousands of crores? The audience deserves more.

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.