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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Pareto Minimality

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (1848-1923), an Italian Polymath (trai - ned in physics and mathematics) whose genius radiated into the major fields of knowledge especially, sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science and philosophy had made several contributions to economic theories.

Unyielding Resolve

In the on-going saga of global trade tensions, the persistent standoff between China and the United States has become a defining chapter.

Cost of consumption

The term “consumption” simply represents purchases of goods and services (including energy) by consumers. It has a strong material dimension that lies along a gradient between “needs” and “wants”.

Dynamic pricing to curb scalpers

Coldplay's Mumbai concert began as just a musical event but now it's become a symbol of the growing frustration with ticket and resale practices.

Hidden Costs

Economics is not just about financial comings and goings within markets: the ‘unpriced’ or non-market services that the natural environment provides us with are equally its concern.

IMF and India

In the ever-fluctuating realm of economics, forecasts serve as guiding stars for policymakers, investors, and citizens alike.