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Investing more in people

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy recently stirred a debate by urging young Indians to embrace 70-hour work weeks (i.e. almost 12 hours per day, considering Sunday as a holiday) to compete with economies…

Women in Labour Market

By Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on October 9, 2023, to Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor, for advancing the world’s understanding of women’s progress in the workforce and…

The Sardar of Irreverence

By Satya Narayan Misra* Like Fred Trueman, the fast bowler, some of the stories around Bishan Singh Bedi can be apocryphal. Like a story about Fred Trueman who told a dining companion at a banquet in Asia: Hey Gunga Din, passon the salt?…