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Business News > Mint Authors > Sumit Mishra

Sumit Mishra

ARTICLES BY SUMIT MISHRA

Night time views of India and surrounding areas in 2016. Economists believe that night-time lights or night-lights data tends to correlate with economic activity. Photo: Nasa

When economists look to the sky

9 min read . 04 Sept 2017

The ambiguous stance of the UIDAI, which runs Aadhaar, and the government as a whole, on privacy issues over collection of biometric data, has not helped inspire confidence in the project. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

The economics of Aadhaar

9 min read . 31 Jul 2017

In a country like India, electronic voting machines (EVMs) could be much more welfare-enhancing than paper ballots. Photo: PTI

Why EVMs matter in India

8 min read . 03 Jul 2017

Dave Donaldson’s work warns against relying too much on the currently fashionable discourse of economic nationalism, which portrays trade as an enemy of the people. It also reminds us that despite its drawbacks, trade has played a vital role in the march of civilization. Photo: Mint

Why trade is integral to human advancement

8 min read . 05 Jun 2017

Unemployed men line up outside a soup kitchen in Depression-era Chicago in 1931. Poverty in the First World, particularly in countries such as the US, seems to have replaced inequality as the talking point across the globe. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The economics of despair

8 min read . 08 May 2017

When one sifts through the various World Happiness Reports, it is clear that the variation in well-being as measured by happiness indices is very well explained by a number of economic variables including GDP. Photo: Hindustan Times

The economics of happiness

8 min read . 07 Apr 2017

New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe. Photo: Getty Images

The role of beliefs in economics

9 min read . 17 Sept 2016

The economics of marriage

5 min read . 20 Aug 2016

In a post-Brexit world, a look at the economics of secessions

5 min read . 23 Jul 2016

Claudia Goldin. Photo courtesy Harvard University.

What explains the gender gap in jobs and wages?

7 min read . 25 Jun 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

Paid news and the economics of the news industry

10 min read . 04 Jun 2016

Photo: Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times

Does diversity hamper economic progress?

4 min read . 01 May 2016

Why a better Facebook photo can land you a better job

5 min read . 02 Apr 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

Why incentives fail

5 min read . 12 Mar 2016

Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

The economics of the MGNREGS

10 min read . 07 Feb 2016

Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Cultural norms, Veblen effect and malnutrition

5 min read . 09 Jan 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

Religion, region and population growth

5 min read . 13 Dec 2015

Why worry about inequality in India?

10 min read . 15 Nov 2015

Photo: Hindustan Times

Dengue deaths, Deaton and the economics of healthcare

4 min read . 18 Oct 2015

The economics of carving out new states

4 min read . 20 Sept 2015