Capitalism

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When Billionaires Think They Have All the Answers

An investigation into Bill Gates’s philanthropic interventions questions the efficacy of his work and asks what gives him the legitimacy to intervene in public policy. It argues that we have become…
▶19-Mar-2024
Ankur Sarin

Who Needs Global Studies Today?

Global Studies programmes are in favour across the world. Their worth in being able to make students engage with contemporary challenges requires a deeper focus on actually existing forms of…
▶04-Jan-2024
Achin Vanaik

Why We Must Think of ‘Post-Growth’

What is post-growth thinking and how is it different from the growth-centric thinking that is dominant today? A discussion of some principles of post-growth approaches to the economy, including of…
▶30-Aug-2023
Rajeswari S. Raina
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Book Review

Can the West be Saved?

In his book on the crisis in democratic capitalism, Martin Wolf perceives a challenge to Western civilisation itself. This would require revolutionary change. But Wolf's project, instead, is to…
▶23-Aug-2023
Archishman Raju

Freebie Capitalism

Bad loan problems at state-run banks have so far been resolved through massive taxpayer-funded bailouts. There must be a revaluation of a broken credit culture that virtually protects big borrowers.
▶26-Oct-2022
Prasenjit Bose
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Review

Understanding Capitalism

A review article around Anwar Shaikh's 'Capitalism', published more than six years ago and now turning into a classic.
▶13-Sep-2022
K. Vela Velupillai

A Tale of Two Indias

Pandemic in India has seen a majority of its citizens going hungry to bed while another, smaller, section making millions. An inclusive, sustainable, and equitable recovery must deal with the triple…
▶27-Jan-2022
Rohit Azad, Shouvik Chakraborty
Review

Brand India and the Making of a New Citizenry

Branding projects to make India appear open for global business has entailed the production of an exclusionary image of the nation and a rewriting of the contract between citizens and state.
▶14-Apr-2021
Anagha Ingole

What Happens when Capital Evades the Nation

The new politics in Europe and the United States of whipping up hate of the outsider in the name of nationalism has its roots in the tensions between global and local capitalism.
▶11-Feb-2019
Tabish Khair