Shruti Rajagopalan
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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
Rasheed Griffith Explores the Complexities of the Caribbean
Shruti Rajagopalan and Rasheed Griffith discuss talent, music, and the shadow of colonialism in the Caribbean.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Pranay Kotasthane Unravels the Global Semiconductor Industry
Shruti and Pranay Kotasthane discuss the evolution of the global semiconductor industry, India’s semiconductor industry ambitions, and the interplay of geopolitics, economics, and technology in the semiconductor industry.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Badri Narayanan and M. Krishnan Navigate the Choppy Waters of Fisheries Negotiations
Badri Narayanan, M. Krishnan, and Shruti discuss challenges, opportunities, and the path forward for fisheries.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Aparna Chandra Puts the Supreme Court on Trial
Shruti and Aparna Chandra discuss the Indian Supreme Court, its functions, and its docket.
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
President’s Rule in India: State Emergency or Political Capture?
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Doug Irwin on the History and Political Economy of Trade Policy
Shruti chats with Doug Irwin about trade economists, trade in India, and globalization
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rahul Matthan on AI, Privacy, and Digital Public Infrastructure
Shruti and Rahul Matthan discuss India’s digital revolution, privacy, and how AI will transform everything.
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rasheed Griffith Explores the Complexities of the Caribbean
Shruti Rajagopalan and Rasheed Griffith discuss talent, music, and the shadow of colonialism in the Caribbean.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Pranay Kotasthane Unravels the Global Semiconductor Industry
Shruti and Pranay Kotasthane discuss the evolution of the global semiconductor industry, India’s semiconductor industry ambitions, and the interplay of geopolitics, economics, and technology in the semiconductor industry.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Badri Narayanan and M. Krishnan Navigate the Choppy Waters of Fisheries Negotiations
Badri Narayanan, M. Krishnan, and Shruti discuss challenges, opportunities, and the path forward for fisheries.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Aparna Chandra Puts the Supreme Court on Trial
Shruti and Aparna Chandra discuss the Indian Supreme Court, its functions, and its docket.
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
President’s Rule in India: State Emergency or Political Capture?
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Doug Irwin on the History and Political Economy of Trade Policy
Shruti chats with Doug Irwin about trade economists, trade in India, and globalization
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rahul Matthan on AI, Privacy, and Digital Public Infrastructure
Shruti and Rahul Matthan discuss India’s digital revolution, privacy, and how AI will transform everything.
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
President’s Rule in India: State Emergency or Political Capture?
- | 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
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rasheed Griffith Explores the Complexities of the Caribbean
Shruti Rajagopalan and Rasheed Griffith discuss talent, music, and the shadow of colonialism in the Caribbean.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Pranay Kotasthane Unravels the Global Semiconductor Industry
Shruti and Pranay Kotasthane discuss the evolution of the global semiconductor industry, India’s semiconductor industry ambitions, and the interplay of geopolitics, economics, and technology in the semiconductor industry.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Badri Narayanan and M. Krishnan Navigate the Choppy Waters of Fisheries Negotiations
Badri Narayanan, M. Krishnan, and Shruti discuss challenges, opportunities, and the path forward for fisheries.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Aparna Chandra Puts the Supreme Court on Trial
Shruti and Aparna Chandra discuss the Indian Supreme Court, its functions, and its docket.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Doug Irwin on the History and Political Economy of Trade Policy
Shruti chats with Doug Irwin about trade economists, trade in India, and globalization
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rahul Matthan on AI, Privacy, and Digital Public Infrastructure
Shruti and Rahul Matthan discuss India’s digital revolution, privacy, and how AI will transform everything.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Aditya Balasubramanian on Swatantra Party and Opposition Politics in India
Shruti and Aditya Balasubramanian discuss the history of a principled and conservative opposition politics in India.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
The Art of Talking Films with Nasreen Munni Kabir
Shruti and Nasreen Munni Kabir discuss the art of creating, the documentation of Hindi cinema history, and the challenges of subtitling Hindi films.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
2023 in Review
Producer Dallas Floer speaks with Shruti about the podcast, its underrated guests, how Shruti prepares for episodes, the wide-ranging topics covered over the past year, and much more.
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajat Kochhar on Agricultural Market Power and Farmer Adaptation to Climate Change
Shruti and Rajat Kochhar discuss weather shocks, water audits, and the choice of crop mix in India.
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What I Read This Year | Get Down and Shruti
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Demography, Delimitation, and Democracy | Get Down and Shruti
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Padma Desai, Economist, 1931-2023 | The Financial Times
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