http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Our-View.aspx?NavId=4&NavsId=82 OurView- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:15:57 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19213224/Ratan-Tata-and-Subir-Gokarn.html Top jobs in companies are still reserved for family scions while it is difficult to get a senior position in government unless you have climbed the civil service ladder Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19213224/Ratan-Tata-and-Subir-Gokarn.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19213256/The-world-is-not-enough.html The US is ceding political and diplomatic space to China, a known antagonist of India, one that is allied with Pakistan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19213256/The-world-is-not-enough.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/18213352/A-difficult-quest-for-peace.html The Indian government should not be lenient on the growing Maoist menace rather it should go on a full-scale offensive and crush the rebellion Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/18213352/A-difficult-quest-for-peace.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/18213307/The-mystery-of-mirror-neurons.html The mirror neuron research manages to bring together neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and sociology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:03:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/18213307/The-mystery-of-mirror-neurons.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/17211419/The-business-of-war-and-games.html The entertainment business is having a boom time despite the economic slowdown, thanks to the brisk selling of imaginary mayhem on a massive global scale Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/17211419/The-business-of-war-and-games.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/17211447/A-washout-at-Copenhagen.html Even as developing nations like India and China are under intense pressure to follow climate change policies unsuitable to their growth, it is actually the duty of US to lead by example as the greatest polluter Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/17211447/A-washout-at-Copenhagen.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16230404/Rethinking-economic-reforms.html Most economic reforms of the big push kind are politically difficult, but there is still ample scope for smaller but useful steps Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:34:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16230404/Rethinking-economic-reforms.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16230440/At-the-mercy-of-imbalances.html The US-China imbalance story is a major factor behind last year’s financial panic, as also a major solution to the world’s ills. It now forms the backdrop to US President Barack Obama’s visit to China this week Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:34:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16230440/At-the-mercy-of-imbalances.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15210324/Countering-the-MNS-threat.html Raj Thackeray’s politics invites either passionate defence or condemnation. It is time to clinically take apart the MNS’ pernicious agenda by drawing people to the centre Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15210324/Countering-the-MNS-threat.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15210235/The-myth-of-a-national-market.html Unlike the American consumers, Asian consumers are a mixed lot behaving in a multitude of patterns and may not always fit into the theories and experiments of economic pundits Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15210235/The-myth-of-a-national-market.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12224511/A-muddled-nuclear-story.html A Pakistan sans its nuclear deterrent will be no match for India. The US will not let that happen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12224511/A-muddled-nuclear-story.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12224355/Cars-cheaper-faster-greener.html The race to build ever cheaper cars shows that India could potentially redefine the economics of many key industries by clever engineering and radical redesign Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:13:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12224355/Cars-cheaper-faster-greener.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11204641/A-doublefront-oil-attack.html The concern that oil may have hit its “peak”, leading to higher prices, stares India on one front. On the other, the government insists on tightly regulating oil prices Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11204641/A-doublefront-oil-attack.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11204608/DIAL-and-the-weak-regulator.html By letting Delhi airport’s private developer off the hook, the new airports regulator is inviting danger that government inefficiency may be traded for crony behaviour Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11204608/DIAL-and-the-weak-regulator.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10204446/Climate-change-and-security.html In India, the climate change debate continues to be mostly focused on emission cuts. It is time our policymakers looked at the fallout on security, if glaciers melt or refugees pour in Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10204446/Climate-change-and-security.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10204356/Rock-scissors-paper-gold.html We don’t share some of the grand beliefs of the gold bugs. But if central banks continue to print money, we won’t be surprised if gold prices continue to rise beyond this week’s record Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10204356/Rock-scissors-paper-gold.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205505/Financial-reforms-ahead.html Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done well to bring financial sector reform back on the agenda in a speech on Sunday. But the tricky part of financial sector reform is sequencing Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205505/Financial-reforms-ahead.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205419/A-Buffett-at-the-rail-station.html Warren Buffett has built his reputation as the modern world’s greatest investor as much for what he hasn’t done as for what he has, as his latest buys in railways Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:24:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205419/A-Buffett-at-the-rail-station.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08205038/The-Berlin-Wall-20-years-late.html The world has come a long way since the fall of Berlin Wall two decades ago; communism collapsed, the Soviet empire imploded, the World Trade Center was destroyed by Islamic terrorists and India, China and Russia gained economic significance Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08205038/The-Berlin-Wall-20-years-late.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08205113/The-beginning-of-the-end.html India would prefer to stick to a tight monetary regime and arrests all the bubbles building up in the stock market and in real estate Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08205113/The-beginning-of-the-end.html