My latest for "Mint" looks at the debate around the "Make in India" campaign and the recent critique offered by Raghuram Rajan.

http://mintne.ws/1sMMImI

My latest "Economics Express" revisits the trade and wage inequality debate from the 1990s, which resonates even today.

http://mintne.ws/1C3m5zz

Drawing inspiration from a superb weekend seminar on B.R. Shenoy, the forgotten free marketeer, and an interesting take by Lord Bauer, my latest Mint column asks whether economic advisors are genuinely influential or merely useful?

http://mintne.ws/1yXQEpe 

My latest "In the Margins" column in Mint argues India must resist US pressure to adopt Chinese style GHG emission control targets.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/9PzVzVm8GUeVPBGqhzwtcP/Climate-change-boxing-India-into-a-corner.html

My first "Economics Express" for Mint revisits the shock therapy vs. gradualism debate from the 1990s, in which I played a small part making the case for gradualism.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/59HXTAeslrKlx6oAtVfO3J/Do-big-bang-reforms-succeed.html

Here's a podcast of my talk on India an Modi in Saskatoon last month.

http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/_documents/_public_lectures/2014.10.30_Vivek_Dehejia.mp3

I speak to El Pais about the resolution of the India-US dispute at the WTO.

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/11/13/actualidad/1415884921_446455.html

Delighted to be joining Mint today as a fortnightly columnist, my first "In the Margins" column compares Stephen Harper and Narendra Modi in the realm of "relentless gradualism".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/VxyBAnN0ijhRe1lSkq3B8I/Narendra-Modi-going-the-Stephen-Harper-way.html

In which I talk to Samrat X. of Asian Age about the environment/economic growth debate in India.

http://www.asianage.com/columnists/price-animal-spirits-811

I speak to The National (U.A.E.) about Modi's first hundred days as PM of India.

http://www.thenational.ae/world/india/indias-modi-marks-first-100-days-in-office

My latest "Marginalia" in Business Standard reviews a timely recent paper by Richard Clarida on optimal monetary policy.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-a-monetary-policy-paradigm-114081801152_1.html

Where Rupa Subramanya and I argue that, on this Independence Day, India's postcolonial moment has arrived.

http://rupasubramanya.blogspot.in/2014/08/indias-postcolonial-moment.html

R. Jagannathan in Firstpost picks up on the blog that Rupa Subramanya and I wrote recently fisking the Geruso-Spears study on religion, toilets, and mortality.

http://www.firstpost.com/living/indias-open-defecation-crisis-why-bring-manusmriti-into-this-1634347.html

Rupa Subramanya and I analyze new, much-publicized research which relates religion, open defecation, and infant/child mortality.

http://rupasubramanya.blogspot.in/2014/07/is-it-religion-which-makes-hindus.html

My take from Santa Colomba Conference 2014 revisits the "Triffin paradox" in the context of the Fed's zero-interest policy and the flows of "hot money" into emerging economies.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/PYlOLpqmSTcMFc5qhLB8TP/Illusions-bred-by-a-reserve-currency.html

Here, I speak to Alicia Gonzalez of El Pais about the new BRICS Bank proposal and whether BRICS can rise above being an acronym.

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/07/13/actualidad/1405270597_195035.html

My latest "Marginalia" column in Business Standard -- a primer on "inflation targeting", which the RBI and the Finance Minister would like India to adopt.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-aiming-at-the-wrong-target-114071401195_1.html

Quoted in a couple of newspaper items in recent days....

Here, I  speak to Andrew Buncombe of the Independent about the recent Union Budget in India:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/will-modinomics-get-india-going-9599252.html

Again on the budget, I am quoted by Alicia Fernandez in El Pais:

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/07/10/actualidad/1405014006_619025.html

Again in El Pais on the new BRICS Bank and whether the BRICS can rise above being an acronym:

http://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2014/07/13/internacional/1405282307_452180.html

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/07/13/actualidad/1405270597_195035.html

Earlier this evening, on a panel on NDTV discussing today's Union Budget as part of a distinguished panel.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-special-ndtv-24x7/watch-what-budget-2014-offers-for-the-common-man/329484

On the hints of a "supply side" revolution in the President's speech and why it augurs well for economic policy reform: my take in Mint.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/l5U2kGQ2hw24QZxXSRCjUJ/Making-a-supply-side-revolution.html

My latest "Marginalia" column in Business Standard tells the story of "supply side" economics and the Laffer curve.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-rise-of-the-supply-side-114061601074_1.html

"Can Narendra Modi Rebuild Brand India?" I join a panel on NDTV's Left Right & Centre moderated by Nidhi Razdan. [video]

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/left-right-centre/watch-can-narendra-modi-rebuild-brand-india/325052

A smart and sensible piece on road safety by Ram Prasad in DNA, who graciously mentions the chapter in "Indianomix" which deals with this subject.

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-could-adherence-to-road-safety-protocols-have-saved-gopinath-munde-s-life-1994048

How lovely to see this review of "Indianomix", more than a year after our book appeared, calling it a "must read"!

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indianomix-full-of-multiple-gems-which-make-it-a-must-read/474734-40-101.html

Where I and other analysts speak to the BBC on whether Narendra Modi is likely to be an economic reformer.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27534163

In which I speak to The National (U.A.E.) on where the Congress Party might go from here following its electoral rout.

http://www.thenational.ae/world/india/indias-congress-party-missed-opportunity-to-revamp-itself

In Mint, Reuben Abraham and I bust some myths about "first past the post" and bogus claims that Modi didn't win a mandate.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/BXePIAE8qyWmfNht3MHz6M/Indias-first-past-the-post-myths.html

My latest "Marginalia" for Business Standard questions whether the $5 billion spent on the recently concluded Indian election should be regarded as "corrosive" or rather as a costless transfer.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-the-true-cost-of-elections-114051901185_1.html

My latest for the Mint argues that the BJP victory at long last lays to rest the ghosts of their 2004 defeat and the bogus morality tale built on it.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/hxnl2IVys4I5TMsXwgSxCJ/Burying-the-ghosts-of-BJPs-2004-defeat.html

I speak to La Presse (Montreal) about the Modi victory. [in French]

http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/4e8a-f704-53763960-8bad-7debac1c606d%7C_0.html

Here's the YouTube video of the Google Hangout just concluded where I join a distinguished panel to debate "Can Narendra Modi be India's Thatcher?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqQG5vbQ0-o&feature=share

My latest for the Mint looks at what one may expect (and not expect) on economic policy from a putative Prime Minister Modi.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/PKSqUTdJRzo8OWCssnuLNI/The-heart-of-Modinomics.html

In which yours truly makes a cameo appearance in a Reuters piece on the high turnout in this year's general election in India.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/india-election-turnout-idINKBN0DM0R920140506

In which yours truly is in some good, and some not so good, company, in a long piece impugning the motivations of Narendra Modi's "intellectual" defenders. A pity he caricatures my argument.

http://qz.com/205367/the-real-reason-indian-intellectuals-are-flocking-to-modi/

In the Business Standard, I dissect the Ghatak et al defence of the UPA's economic record, and find it deficient on a variety of grounds.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-behind-the-positive-data-114042101051_1.html

In the Mint, I make the case for why Jagdish Bhagwati deserves a Nobel Prize in Economics.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/lBapxWz9JvTuNubfj9AtQK/Jagdish-Bhagwati-deserves-the-Nobel.html

On CBC's "The Current", I speak about the rise of Narendra Modi and the ongoing general elections in India. [text and audio]

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2014/04/17/womens-rights-india-election/

My latest, for the Mint, argues against the view that India is in danger of turning "Fascist" under a PM Modi.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/RnwC4bPWtOWxxOa780X2eP/Is-India-about-to-turn-fascist.html

In the FT's Beyond Brics blog, I look at the merits of India's current Westminster system as against a Presidential or PR alternative.

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/31/india-elections-should-india-go-presidential/#axzz2xXU8ezYQ

For Cafe Dissensus, I join a distinguished group of writers, each of us offering our take on the upcoming 2014 general elections.

http://cafedissensus.com/2014/03/17/the-shadow-of-2004-hangs-over-the-2014-elections/

My latest "Marginalia" for Business Standard looks at new research on how exit polls influence election outcomes. Timely, I hope!

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-enter-exit-polls-114031700585_1.html

My take on the Doniger book "pulping" controversy in the Mint, February 18, 2014.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lgc58R8kUlvDOKl7pyiUoM/Free-speech-and-its-overzealous-defenders.html

In the Business Standard (February 17, 2014), Rupa Subramanya and I argue that incorrect interpretations of elections in 2004 in Andhra Pradesh and at the centre -- wrongly blaming economic reforms -- help explain why there's no true non-sectarian, centre-right party in India today.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-rupa-subramanya-why-no-centre-right-political-party-in-india-today-114021600697_1.html

My latest "Marginalia" column in Business Standard (in print January 21, 2014), looks at middle class revolutions over time and space to cast some light on the Aam Admi Party in India today.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-middle-class-revolutions-again-114012001177_1.html

In the Mint (January 9, 2014), I take a critical look at the rise of the Aam Admi Party in India, both the good and the bad.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/XA9HOfJaNxrRwygXweN1NO/One-not-two-cheers-for-AAP.html