India

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Taking Stock of the Indian Economy with Prachi Mishra

• April 24, 2025

Mishra and Rajagopalan discuss trade shocks, fiscal consolidation, and the future of Indian growth

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India's Proposed Digital Competition Framework: The License Raj by Another Name | The 1991 Project

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
  • Shreyas Narla
• July 8, 2024

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Why Did Indian Exit Polls Get It So Very Wrong? | Get Down and Shruti

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• June 5, 2024

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How an SC Judgment Checked the Misuse of Article 356 | Hindustan Times

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• March 11, 2024

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A New Engine for Human Learning and Growth | Project Syndicate’s Quarterly “Profit and Peril” Issue

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• March 8, 2024

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Goods and Services Tax: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | “Shortcast over Coffee”

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• October 17, 2023

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Why India Can’t Repeat Its 1991 Miracle

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• July 24, 2021

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India's COVID-19 Crisis

• April 26, 2021

What can be done to help India mitigate the virus?

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Shruti Rajagopalan on The John Batchelor Show - India's COVID Crisis

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• April 26, 2021

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Shruti Rajagopalan on NBC News - India's COVID Spike

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• April 25, 2021

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India’s COVID War, Back to Lockdowns but Do They Work?

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• April 21, 2021

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India Needs to Move Vaccines to Warp Speed

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• April 4, 2021

The country should use the market to get more shots into more arms faster.

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India Bitcoin Ban Would Be a Terrible Idea

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• March 18, 2021

The country’s previous attempts at currency controls impoverished Indians and prevented its companies from competing globally. This one won’t work any better.

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Three Essential Steps for India's COVID Vaccine Policy

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• March 9, 2021

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An Urgent Need to Reform the Country’s Legislative Processes

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• February 16, 2021

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There Is No Political Freedom Without Economic Liberty

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• February 2, 2021

Market freedom fosters a freer press, keeps open means of expression, and thus strengthens democracy.

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The Judiciary Mustn’t Violate the Separation of Powers

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• January 18, 2021

It must respect the functional and structural reasons why its role is distinct from that of Parliament

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Love Jihad Laws Are a Backlash to India’s Own Progress

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• December 21, 2020

It’s not a sign of increasing bigotry but the outcome of positive social and economic changes

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Women Won’t Recover Easily From India’s Pandemic

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• December 19, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis has made their already daunting road to economic and social independence even more difficult.

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Ideas of India: Moneylenders and Formal Banking

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• December 10, 2020