Articles by Maitreesh Ghatak
Crime stats miss plight of West Bengal women
In terms of the state’s rate of decline in crimes against women and gender-sensitive policing, the picture is disconcerting
Published on Sep 29, 2024 10:21 PM IST
Debating inequalities in the backdrop of elections
The big question is whether the benefits of the growth process are indeed spreading to all classes of people
Published on Apr 27, 2024 10:02 PM IST
The rise of the affluent is the real India growth story
The supply and demand game has to grow beyond this segment of the population so that the economy does not stagnate in the near future
Published on Feb 29, 2024 10:00 PM IST
A pioneer of modern economics passes away
Robert Lucas was a restless, fiercely intellectual scholar who brought rigour and profound insights into any problem he studied
Updated on May 16, 2023 08:10 PM IST
A simple, realistic, solution to the paywall maze
Indian, as well as global news media, has been experiencing a crisis in the digital era. It is time to think about alternative revenue models. Here's a way
Updated on May 27, 2022 07:03 PM IST
The story of Bengal’s economy
Income and urban expenditure grew at below the national average. But rural expenditure grew faster, and there is a sharper dip in poverty levels
Published on Apr 15, 2021 12:54 PM IST
India’s true self-reliant entrepreneurs
The lockdown showed how migrant workers, let down by the State, community and market, are the nation’s most valuable resource
Published on Mar 24, 2021 07:07 PM IST
The lack of mobility hinders the India story
How to facilitate mobility, where your birth doesn’t determine your education and occupation, is India’s core economic challenge
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 06:10 PM IST
A blueprint to protect labour rights without constraining capital | Opinion
Take into account State capacity, new economic realities, and the informality of the labour markets
Updated on Jul 03, 2020 08:07 PM IST
The indispensability of labour in reviving India’s economic engine | Opinion
To enable their return to cities, improve wages, living conditions, safety net. Coercion won’t work
Updated on May 08, 2020 08:09 PM IST
The crumbling of India’s economy
Economic relationships, supply and demand will be hit severely. Go in for direct income transfer
Published on Mar 24, 2020 04:57 PM IST
Growth is not a victim of the UPA, it is the other way round
It is said that UPA faces voter wrath because it destroyed growth. If you look at data for the last 10 years, and compare with figures from the NDA days, you may be in for a surprise, write Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh.
Updated on Apr 03, 2014 08:01 PM IST
Land on one's sq feet
The draft Land Acquisition Bill looks at land in terms of price, not value. Auctioning could take care of this skewed view. Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh write.
Updated on Sep 21, 2011 10:06 PM IST
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Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh