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TopicGreat Recession

Topic: Great Recession

Targeted policies, managing debt, ‘green’ economies — Gita Gopinath’s Covid survival guide

Maxwell Hall -
IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath talks about how countries can handle the consequences to economies, environment, and health systems. Read the full interview here.

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

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

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

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

Covid-19 and the Great Recession can be fought only if nations come together, like in 2008

Børge Brende -
The scale of the Covid-19 crisis is larger than that of the 2008 recession but today’s economy is structurally similar to the one that existed a decade back.

Subhash Kashyap on choosing Leader of the Opposition, Ruchir Sharma on recovery after 2008 recession

Aastha Singh -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Capitalism needs reform, not the risk of revolution

Noah Smith -
Critics haven't done a good job in defining capitalism in the rush to bash it.

Happiness really can be found in a steady paycheck

Noah Smith -
The more you live from paycheck to paycheck, the more you need to be sure that the paychecks won’t stop coming.

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Opinion

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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