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Protected: Reading Between the Lines of War and Geopolitics
Category: Europe
Can the Global Economy Weather Climate Change?
During the past couple of weeks, the world has seen such extreme weather events that I wonder if it isn’t high time, we looked at the economic consequences of climate change more seriously. The news has been full of terrible natural disasters such as floods caused by extremely high rainfall, wildfires and even if we… Continue reading Can the Global Economy Weather Climate Change?
Elevating Indian Handicrafts into our Luxury Industry
It is by now a well-worn cliché that India’s rich cultural heritage lives in her handicrafts. The skills of millions of artisans from all across our vast country go to make some of the most beautiful objects, or more accurately objét d’art. Many of these are prized, rare skills that go back several generations. A… Continue reading Elevating Indian Handicrafts into our Luxury Industry
Protected: Reading Through This Summer’s Flux
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How the Global Economy is Recovering from Post-Pandemic Effects
It’s June 2023 and the third summer after Covid lockdowns were relaxed in most parts of the world, and when economies began emerging out of the pandemic crisis. It’s also the third year, therefore, of anomalies in economic data correcting themselves, thanks to base effects both positive and negative tapering off. They haven’t entirely disappeared,… Continue reading How the Global Economy is Recovering from Post-Pandemic Effects
Expand and Reform CBAM For the World
I have been writing about EU’s CBAM on my blog ever since I read about it in The Economist, so it came as a surprise to me that CBAM is to go into effect in October this year. I had in fact, written after the climate summit at Glasgow, that it was disappointing to read… Continue reading Expand and Reform CBAM For the World
What Ails Private Sector Investment?
Just three years ago, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many including The Economist were writing about governments getting bigger. Governments did indeed get bigger, as it was their responsibility to control the pandemic and provide relief to vulnerable families across the world. While the kinds of relief and stimulus packages differed from country… Continue reading What Ails Private Sector Investment?
Aukus-Pocus and All That Quad
A trilateral meeting in San Francisco made international news quietly, if that is possible, a few weeks ago. Australia, UK and the US, part of the trilateral group AUKUS, announced a nuclear-powered submarine that the US will help Australia deploy in the Pacific. The news died as quietly as it broke. Not too many seemed… Continue reading Aukus-Pocus and All That Quad
Protests Around the World and What They Portend
As the world tries to get back to normal business after three years of a pandemic, it appears that people are in the mood to take to the streets and protest. From UK and France to Mexico and Israel, people are demanding their fair share of economic and political rights. Not content with all the… Continue reading Protests Around the World and What They Portend
Inflation: Up, up and away!
Since the world’s major economies reopened after Covid-related lockdowns, they have been heating up, what with pent-up demand, consumers on a spending spree, travelling, dining out and catching up on a host of social activities that were not possible during lockdowns. All that heated spending and pent-up demand, with supply chains not catching up, led… Continue reading Inflation: Up, up and away!
Peripatetic Perch 