Shruti Rajagopalan

- Senior Research Fellow, Indian Political Economy and Emergent Ventures India
Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University School of Law. She leads the Indian political economy research program and Emergent Ventures India at Mercatus. She was an Associate Professor of Economics at Purchase College, State University of New York. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in 2013. Additionally, she has a BA (hons) in Economics and an LL.B. from University of Delhi and an LL.M. from the European Masters in Law and Economics Program at University of Hamburg, Ghent University, and University of Bologna.
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Vanisha Sharma on the Effects of Internet Expansion in Developing Communities
Shruti Rajagopalan and Vanisha Sharma discuss how farmers learn through social media and its impact on their livelihood.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Duncan Webb on Reducing Anti-Transgender Discrimination in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Duncan Webb discuss the effects of prejudice, preference, and groupthink.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur on the Complexity of Violence and Fragility of Order in India
Shruti Rajagopalan, Amit Ahuja, and Devesh Kapur discuss the complexities of violence, law, and order in India.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on Why Women Economic Policy Makers Matter
Shruti Rajagopalan, Shreyas Narla, and Kadambari Shah discuss the missing women in economic policy and the political structures that limited their opportunities.

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem, Pt. 2
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Saurabh Kirpal on the Constitutional Case for Marriage Equality in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Saurabh Kirpal discuss marriage equality in the Indian Constitution, individual rights vs. state power, problems with the judiciary and more.

Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Vanisha Sharma on the Effects of Internet Expansion in Developing Communities
Shruti Rajagopalan and Vanisha Sharma discuss how farmers learn through social media and its impact on their livelihood.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Duncan Webb on Reducing Anti-Transgender Discrimination in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Duncan Webb discuss the effects of prejudice, preference, and groupthink.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur on the Complexity of Violence and Fragility of Order in India
Shruti Rajagopalan, Amit Ahuja, and Devesh Kapur discuss the complexities of violence, law, and order in India.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on Why Women Economic Policy Makers Matter
Shruti Rajagopalan, Shreyas Narla, and Kadambari Shah discuss the missing women in economic policy and the political structures that limited their opportunities.

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem, Pt. 2
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Saurabh Kirpal on the Constitutional Case for Marriage Equality in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Saurabh Kirpal discuss marriage equality in the Indian Constitution, individual rights vs. state power, problems with the judiciary and more.

Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Inframarginal externalities: COVID-19, vaccines, and universal mandates
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Mises's dynamics of interventionism: Lessons from Indian agriculture
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The equity-complexity tradeoff in tax policy: lessons from the Goods and Services Tax in India
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Inclusive Rationality
Struggle and Aspiration
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Battling COVID‐19 with dysfunctional federalism
Lessons from India
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Assessing Healthcare Capacity in India
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Magna Carta Revisited
Parchment, Guns, and Constitutional Order

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Constitutional Change: A Public Choice Analysis
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Incompatible Institutions: Socialism versus Constitutionalism in India

Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Vanisha Sharma on the Effects of Internet Expansion in Developing Communities
Shruti Rajagopalan and Vanisha Sharma discuss how farmers learn through social media and its impact on their livelihood.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Duncan Webb on Reducing Anti-Transgender Discrimination in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Duncan Webb discuss the effects of prejudice, preference, and groupthink.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur on the Complexity of Violence and Fragility of Order in India
Shruti Rajagopalan, Amit Ahuja, and Devesh Kapur discuss the complexities of violence, law, and order in India.

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on Why Women Economic Policy Makers Matter
Shruti Rajagopalan, Shreyas Narla, and Kadambari Shah discuss the missing women in economic policy and the political structures that limited their opportunities.

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem, Pt. 2
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Saurabh Kirpal on the Constitutional Case for Marriage Equality in India
Shruti Rajagopalan and Saurabh Kirpal discuss marriage equality in the Indian Constitution, individual rights vs. state power, problems with the judiciary and more.

Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Demography, Delimitation, and Democracy | Get Down and Shruti
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Padma Desai, Economist, 1931-2023 | The Financial Times
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ideas of India: Individuals and the Indian State
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Sorry, Wrong Number | Get Down and Shruti
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary