The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 15, 2006

ECONOMY
Governance and the deficit debate
The crux of the arguments for a fresh rethink on deficit financing is that Governmental intervention, especially in social sector spending, is inescapable and any extemporised limits should not constrain it. More

The Great Divide: Monetary vs fiscal purism
There are deep-seated differences of approach to economic problems between fiscalists, who see a major role for state, and monetarists, who swear by the role of money. In the context of the passing of Milton Friedman, T.C.A. RAMANUJAM examines the p osition on either side of the divide. More

Spectre of an aging population
The economic and social consequences of the increasing number of the aged in the demographic profiles of nations have of late become the focus of a number of studies. I found two papers particularly ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Corridors in the corridors of power
Going along a wrong corridor may not help. "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction." More

POLITICS
REPORTER'S DIARY
Casual confusion
Competition in the media is giving nightmares to some political leaders and this happened in front of some journalist friends. Chatting in the Central Hall of Parliament, a small bunch of scribes requested a Congress leader if the party ... More

IPR
A patently anomalous provision
There are several reasons why the government should delete the provision for pre-grant opposition from the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2005. More

LETTERS

Singur crisis

Numbers in the reform process

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