Free market

The popcorn wars have both consumers and firms hardening their stands.

The limits of popcorn pricing at multiplexes

4 min read . 18 Jul 2018

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there won’t be any ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to the price rise in diesel and petrol with the government balancing the twin goals of development and consumer’s interest. Photo: HT

Fuel price rise: Dharmendra Pradhan rules out rethink on free market pricing

2 min read . 03 Apr 2018

Given the monsoon-dependent nature of farming, farmers are at a constant risk of falling into poverty. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Indian farmers call for free markets

4 min read . 21 Mar 2018

Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ nationalism proposes to cut imports, restrict immigration, and withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, international organizations like Unesco, and free-trade deals. Photo: Reuters

Gordon Brown | A new balance for the global age

10 min read . 01 Jan 2018

The US stock market has proved remarkably resilient in the face of everything that has been thrown at it in the last two years or more. Photo: Bloomberg

Permanently topped up swamp

4 min read . 12 Sep 2017

The heavy hand of regulation creates opportunities for corruption. Illustration: Jayachandra/Mint

The weak legitimacy of Indian capitalism

3 min read . 03 Aug 2017

At the end of 1993, Enron signed a ‘Power Purchase Agreement’ with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).

Skullduggery in a time of Enron: Remembering Abhay Mehta

5 min read . 03 Aug 2017

Empirical economics is becoming more directly and immediately relevant to policy matters. Photo: iStock

Critics of economics miss what it gets right

4 min read . 18 Jul 2017

A year of reading Adam Smith

12 min read . 05 May 2017

US President Donald Trump’s first week in office, and the executive orders on immigration ban and H1B visas, show we are no longer dealing with politics as usual. He is out to disrupt the status quo. Photo: Reuters

Did free market fundamentalism spawn the likes of Donald Trump?

5 min read . 31 Jan 2017

Within the West itself, various anti-establishment, populist movements from both the left and the right are shaking the system such as the victory of Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

The return of uncertainty

4 min read . 02 Jan 2017

Raghuram Rajan | Democracy, inclusion and prosperity

5 min read . 30 Dec 2016

The recalibration of history in 2016

3 min read . 29 Dec 2016

Liberals compete for the soul of economics

4 min read . 25 Oct 2016

Venezuelans crossing the Simon Bolivar bridge into Cucuta, Colombia, on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg<br />

Necessity of markets

1 min read . 22 Jul 2016

World Trade Organization (WTO) director general Roberto Azevedo. Photo: Reuters<br />

US move to negotiate in small groups creates chaos at WTO

4 min read . 14 Jul 2016

India’s poverty rate declined from 45% in 1993-94 to 22% in 2011-12, according to official statistics. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint <br />

Nearly half of Indians survived on less than Rs38 a day in 2011-12

3 min read . 21 Apr 2016

Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B1228-0010-003/Brüggmann, Eva/CC-BY-SA 3.0<br />

East and West Berlin: A Study in Free vs Controlled Economy

8 min read . 13 Mar 2016

The applause at the grand unveiling of the Start-up Policy was loud and sincere, and in it more than anything else, we could sense relief: that finally, the government was recognizing a young but fast-growing sector. Photo: AP<br />

Old car, new paint job?

5 min read . 20 Jan 2016

The reforms through everyman’s eyes

5 min read . 13 Jan 2016