Digital platforms should be wired for rule compliance
Transactions in the digital realm can be designed to ensure that all regulatory conditions are properly met
Whether AI can crack the Solow paradox is the era’s big question
Computers took many decades to boost productivity across the economy and the same may hold true of artificial intelligence
Bad influence: Why you should be wary of the finfluencer
It is difficult to separate skill from luck in the near term and most finfluencers attribute to skill what could be due to luck.
Women's Reservation Bill: A lesson for India Inc
India today has one of the lowest figures for women’s labour force participation for any country outside the Islamic world
Gallons of maple syrup won’t sweeten India-Canada relations
Try we must, nonetheless. Although it’s inexplicable why Canada’s PM chose to embitter ties with India by linking the Indian government to a hit job, we both need to get out of this spot
The joke may again be on retail stock investors in the latest rally
Their recency bias on returns sent them flocking to small-caps even after these got over-inflated
A chocolate nudge can serve a public purpose
SBI’s use of behavioural insights to identify likely retail defaulters and pre-empt defaults is novel and welcome. India’s economy needs corporate credit to outpace retail loans, though
Put entrenched narratives to the test of evidence or risk a debacle
Japan’s no-surrender soldier left us an abject lesson on the need to question even deeply held beliefs
Where has India's record wheat and rice output gone?
We need an explanation for persistent food price volatility despite a flurry of government interventions
Recalibrate credit risk to unlock infrastructure growth prospects
Loss expectations matter as much as default likelihoods and assessing both for credit pricing will favour the sector in India
Gadkari’s diesel tax gaffe underscores policymakers' need to focus on outcomes, not the process
The need of the hour today is to develop a mobility ecosystem that is sustainable and in harmony with the environment
Clean aviation will take more than just biofuels
As prime mover of the Global Biofuel Alliance, India hopes to become a major supplier of sustainable aviation fuel. Whether bio-blends can clean up the sector, though, is unclear
The G20 showed India’s foreign policy is exploring new territory
New Delhi has shed its past baggage with the West but Russia’s embrace of China poses a challenge