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Monthly Archives: August 2016

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The Flawed Premises of GST

  • August 30, 2016
  • Macroscan Team
  • Economy and Society, Fiscal Policy
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The author in this article takes a second look at the biggest tax reform in a long time and points out where the rationale for the goods and services tax is flawed. Click here to read the full article.

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The Business of Wilful Default

  • August 3, 2016
  • C. P. Chandrasekhar
  • Finance, Monetary Policy
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In the fourth round of what has become a periodic exercise, the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), the “oldest and largest” trade union in the industry, has released a list of 5,610 wilful defaulters on debt they owe commercial…

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Managing the Corporate-communal Alliance

  • August 2, 2016
  • Prabhat Patnaik
  • Economy and Society, Political Economy
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The corporate-communal alliance that came to power after the 2014 elections needs careful management by its promoters, because within each of the partners of the alliance there are elements that are not altogether comfortable with the other. Within the Hindutva…

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