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Simply Economics | Manas Chakravarty 10:41 PM | November 06,2009
Samuelson’s introductory text book on economics used to have a neat little formula: Happiness= Economic well-being/Material desire
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PTI 04:09 PM | November 03,2009
Singh said as in economics, in medicine too it is easy to “get lost in high-level research and forget ground realities”
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10:23 PM | October 13,2009
Economics Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom’s work has chipped away at the foundation of rational choice theory. Empirical evidence she used from Andhra Pradesh shows this
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AFP 04:48 PM | October 12,2009
Ostrom is the first woman to win the Economics Prize, which has been awarded since 1969
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09:37 PM | October 11,2009
If the government is keen to get banks to lend money to farmers, then it needs to do something about the lending practices of banks and not just appoint committees
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N. Gregory Mankiw / WSJ 12:50 AM | September 23,2009
The theories of John Maynard Keynes have made a resounding comeback. But they, like a new book by his biographer Robert Skidelsky, leave much unresolved
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Puranika Narayana Bhatta 10:23 PM | September 06,2009
The suspension of the accounting standard has meant that companies only need to book a portion of such changes to the profit and loss account, while the remainder is booked to a special account on the balance sheet
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09:12 PM | August 16,2009
RBI has been keeping an eye on large financial conglomerates for many years now, but none is so big as to pose a systemic risk in times of trouble
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12:02 AM | July 28,2009
Economists traditionally believe that problems in one country or region ripple out into others through three main channels, in the real economy, financial markets and global trade
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Bodylines | Himanshu Burte 09:27 PM | July 08,2009
Just because it is free and we are getting more precious, let us not undervalue daylight. It certainly is among the best things in life
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08:54 PM | July 05,2009
Every budget is a struggle between economics and politics. But a clear roadmap of future reforms and a time-bound programme to bring public finances back into safe territory is a must
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Maitreyee Handique 01:15 AM | June 03,2009
On paper, workers who lose their jobs are adequately protected; in reality, they are left to fend for themselves
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Capital Calculus | Anil Padmanabhan 11:01 PM | May 24,2009
Faced with their first political test within 48 hours of the win, Singh and the Congress party refused to blink. But the DMK also played hardball
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Aparna Kalra 10:04 PM | April 02,2009
At DU’s Shri Ram College of Commerce, rich alumni are being urged to donate funds to upgrade amenities
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Capital Account | Manas Chakravarty 09:31 PM | March 31,2009
The ideas of John Maynard Keynes are now back in fashion because conditions in the West are very similar to the Great Depression that prevailed during his time
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