‘The bot did it’ mustn’t let platforms get away
As Google’s YouTube awaits a key US judicial ruling on the extent of its liability shield, online intermediaries should recognize a need to take greater responsibility for their digital devices
Leaders should make space for intelligent disobedience at work
A culture that supports smart insubordination can minimize its capacity for fatally bad decisions
Roubini’s praise
While all praise pleases policymakers, Roubini’s words should qualify as special, coming as they do from an economist known as ‘Dr Doom’ for his apocalyptic predictions
The Union budget kept interests of the social sector close at heart
Fiscal spending has risen while an outcome-based approach is improving its quality to uplift the lives of multitudes better
Tech firms should go by Price’s Law if layoffs are a must
Staff reduction calls are easier to take if half the work is done by the square root of all those on a project
Mint Explainer: What Biden's impromptu Ukraine visit means for the war
The historic visit sends an important message about continued Western support for Ukraine amid a renewed Russian effort to retake territories in the Donbas
January’s inflation data served us a reminder of RBI’s challenge
Up moves can occur as disinflation is rarely a linear process but India’s muted second-round effects argue for path optimism
The G20 must help resolve debt crises across the world
The welfare of millions is at stake and India should push for stronger action on fending off debt spirals
UPI promotion should not eclipse our e-rupee
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was linked to Singapore’s version PayNow at a virtual ceremony on Tuesday presided over by the two countries’ prime ministers
RBI’s ‘seventh horse of the sun’ is an analogy that does not work
Its latest economy update appears to have fallen for letting an illustrative idea shape the narrative
A judicial call on a liability shield can reshape the web
In 1995, when the World Wide Web was still in its infancy, the pioneers of that nascent industry were seen as no different from publishers
Maternal matters
In globalized times, English has a distinct edge in its global reach. While diversity is important, we need lingual commonality beyond the colour of our tongue
Mint Explainer: What Biden's impromptu Ukraine visit means for the war
The historic visit sends an important message about continued Western support for Ukraine amid a renewed Russian effort to retake territories in the Donbas
January’s inflation data served us a reminder of RBI’s challenge
Up moves can occur as disinflation is rarely a linear process but India’s muted second-round effects argue for path optimism
The G20 must help resolve debt crises across the world
The welfare of millions is at stake and India should push for stronger action on fending off debt spirals