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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

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• April 26, 2021

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Shruti Rajagopalan on NBC News - India's COVID Spike

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• 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

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Agricultural Reforms Should Start With Our Land Policy

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• December 7, 2020

The grievances of Indian farmers, even rich farmers of Punjab and Haryana, are real. The benefits of the Green Revolution have reached maximum potential, and farmers find themselves with very few avenues to increase their incomes

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The Case for an Economy of Permission-Less Exchanges

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• November 23, 2020

Requiring business permits stifles prosperity just as requiring speech permits will choke ideas

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The American Voting System Is Different but Not Worse

• • Shruti Rajagopalan
• November 9, 2020

The US has a slower counting process but is more flexible, allowing early voting and postal ballots