Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on the importance of absolute, unconstrained free speech: Free speech is about preventing the state both from forcing individuals to remain silent and from forcing individuals to say something they do not want…
Rising unemployment and income disparity has shaken democracies across the Western world in the last year. Unemployment among young people in particular has been persistent and pervasive — the United States saw the highest ever youth unemployment in 2011, and…
At the recently concluded 99th Indian Science Congress in Bhubaneshwar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lamented the decline of India’s scientific prowess relative to China and other nations, while listing several of the government’s initiatives to promote research and development. The…
Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on technology as the solution to climate change: Incremental technological advances are already getting us smarter flats, more efficient cars, cleaner natural gas, yield-enhancing genetically modified seeds. We need technology and markets rather…
Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on how liberalization brings structural dislocations with it. The solution is counter-intuitively not to stop liberalization, but to liberalize deeper and faster: The fable of The Shop Around The Corner rings true in…
Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on how government interference across industries hamstrings India’s economic performance: The irony is that farmers and billionaires alike suffer the same fate at the hands of a nosy government that wants to needlessly…
Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on the Indian government’s irresponsible spending spree: “My appetite is infinite and my greed is more.” These words were uttered not by a banker or CEO from the top 1% of the income…
Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on why India should expand the participation of domestic institutional investors in the equity market: India’s economic growth has been achieved on the back of sustained investment and improved capital allocation in the…
In 1997, Apple, pioneer of the computing industry, was floundering. It turned to its co-founder, Steve Jobs for direction and impetus, and the rest, as they say is history. Jobs took the company back to its roots in innovation, building…