I join Mint editors, writers, and columnists in sharing a mini-review of the best book we read in 2015.

http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/OVoY5V9sxTtsK7EtiUN2aI/What-we-read-in-2015.html

My latest Economics Express for Mint on Sunday #longread assesses the contributions and legacy of the late Doug North.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/douglass-north-and-the-importance-of-institutions/2.4.3193240011.html

My latest for Mint assesses the WTO ministerial in Nairobi and in particular the abandonment of the Doha Development Agenda.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/aJU2x5tfxNoIkF9z6C7UVP/Message-from-Nairobi.html

Delighted to announce that IDFC Institute in partnership with NITI Aayog is conducting a major new "ease of doing business" enterprise survey at the state level. This, we hope, will be a key input into the "Make in India" and "competitive federalism" initiatives of the Union government.

http://www.idfcinstitute.org/research/projects/governance/nitiaayog-idfcinstitute_enterprise-survey

The YouTube video of my recent SAIS talk, "Economic Reforms in India in the Narendra Modi Era".

Vivek Dehejia gave a special invited lecture on "Economic Reforms in India in the Narendra Modi Era" at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. The talk was followed by a lively Q&A with some of the premier India policy experts in the US capital including from SAIS and major DC think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSZZjmUnU0&feature=youtu.be

My latest Mint column takes stock of the hits and misses of the Modi government's reforms agenda, halfway through the policy-relevant portion of their mandate.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/69WlZUmBb2TWa6nd04AxvL/Slow-and-steady-at-midway.html

My latest, a longish essay in "Mint on Sunday", explores whether the research supports the idea that incumbents are rewarded for good economic performance under their watch. [Spoiler alert: the jury is out.]

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/do-indian-voters-really-care-for-economic-growth/2.4.2546924216.html

My latest Mint column, on-line now and in print in India tomorrow, makes the case that India must hold its ground at the COP 21 climate summit in Paris, and not succumb to US or other pressure to commit to an overly stringent mitigation target that is not in India's national interest.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vgLlSiNCSfSFcYTeZR4xWI/Hold-your-ground-in-Paris.html

Friends in the DC area, I'm speaking at Johns Hopkins SAIS on economic reforms in Modi's India on Friday December 4th. Link below has details. Do join me if you can!

https://www.sais-jhu.edu/content/economic-reforms-india-narendra-modi-era

My initial take on the BJP's defeat in Bihar, on line now, and in print in tomorrow's Mint in India.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/9HTFGjs8NXpc9A0kQtXPyN/Bihar-election-results-The-buck-stops-with-the-ModiShah-du.html

In a long read in today's Mint on Sunday, I explore the economics, political economy, and the stakes for India of mega-trade deals such as TPP.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/the-trans-pacific-partnership-and-indias-trade-strategy/2.4.1926295954.html

My latest Mint column looks at the uncanny parallels between Canada's defeated PM Harper and India's PM Modi -- both loathed by their country's respective liberal intelligentsia and both competing with dynastic brokerage parties (Liberals and Congress).

http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/DqVOqfNMVNhs4ah6FFMeiK/Politics-in-Canada-and-India.html

Siddharth Singh, new editor-at-large for Open, on myths surrounding writers returning awards in India. Yours truly is cited arguing that some at least are politically motivated.

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-s-the-writers-problem-modi-or-intolerance

TN Ninan in his new book draws on an earlier piece of mine suggesting there might be a corruption Kuznets curve.

Here's an excerpt from TN Ninan's new book:

http://scroll.in/article/762603/if-rich-countries-are-more-corrupt-what-explains-corruption-in-india

Here's my op-ed in the International Herald Tribune (now the International New York Times) from 2011 which put forward the hypothesis:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/opinion/14iht-eddehejia14.html?_r=0

India needs economic reforms, but signing up to the Trojan horse of a US-led TPP isn't the way to do it, I argue in my latest Mint column.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/X6oSIbbiPwD0euvpno9HMO/Trade-and-national-interest.html

Chunauti, a politics blog site with informal ties to Congress, picks up a Mint column of mine on alleged bias in the New York Times coverage of India.

http://chunauti.org/2015/10/06/does-the-new-york-times-really-have-an-india-problem/

Delighted to be an invited guest at the launch of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia this past week.

http://www.idfcinstitute.org/activities/blog/2015/october/inauguration-of-the-raj-center-on-indian-economic-policies-at-columbia-university/

My latest Mint on Sunday "Economics Express" column studies the economics of labour migration.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/what-happens-when-people-migrate/2.4.1106775603.html

Smart analysis by Rupa Subramanya in Foreign Policy on how, under PM Modi, the Indian diaspora, especially in the US, may finally gets its due, and be able to contribute to India's growth story.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/25/can-modi-harness-indias-high-tech-diaspora-facebook-google-silicon-valley/

A wide ranging conversation filmed on the Columbia lawns between eminent economist Jagdish Bhagwati and senior journalist Barkha Dutt. Topics include trade, investment, reforms, social issues, and much else. Well worth watching.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/india-s-reservation-policy-a-disaster-economist-jagdish-bhagwati-to-ndtv/384009?pfrom=nri_videowidget_cat_4

North American university and college professors (including yours truly) sign a letter welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xm7MNdamEB7fU5I07cYG1UfB9ZwVaTtfiEqLWEp8rOA/pub

My latest Mint column argues that responses to the migrant crisis in the EU are a Rorschach test of the commentators themselves.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/5VFC8WPOKurskeDNi8dN6M/A-difficult-inflection-point.html

Friends in Mumbai, do watch this moving video of Shakes, an eight month old kitten with a neurological disorder in need of a loving forever home. Friends everywhere, do consider helping this charity which works with street animals in Mumbai that are in need of food, medical care, love, and a home.

https://www.facebook.com/worldforall/videos/974646095907975/?pnref=story

Are reforms "in the freezer" in India? My latest Mint column analyzes some recent developments.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/XA9VnErAtdVBdzgFOSnL6M/Reforms-in-the-freezer.html

My latest Economics Express for Mint looks at economic contagion and spillovers in the world of contemporary finance, and the challenge of advanced economy UMPs for emerging economies such as India.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/contagion-and-spillovers-in-the-world-of-finance/2.4.460499819.html

As part of IDFC Institute's video interview series, I speak to former US Commerce Department official and India expect, Raymond Vickery, on India-US bilateral relations, the new AIIB, and other topics. [video\

http://www.idfcinstitute.org/activities/roundtables/us-fdi-and-the-asia-infrastructure-investment-bank/

Wide ranging and informative "Walk the Talk" conversation with host Shekhar Gupta and Arvind Panagariya, Columbia professor and currently Vice Chair NITI Aayog, India. Well worth watching.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-arvind-panagariya-vice-chairman-niti-aayog/379893?hp&video-featured

On the potentially damaging effects of the leaked Arvind Subramanian note on India's negotiating strategy at the upcoming Paris climate summit: my latest Mint column.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/pvMVivDclWbr9gvdvj6gwO/Climate-games-in-New-Delhi.html

The Newsminute picks up my piece with Rajeswari Sengupta on the proposed Monetary Policy Committee.

http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/govt-trying-overpower-rbi-governor-all-you-need-know-and-how-it-affects-you-32869

My latest Mint column argues that a dysfunction of the Indian political economy is that individual discretion is privileged over rule-based institutions.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/R1RZxDSXGj8gdBo8GchwXN/Individuals-vs-institutions.html

In today's Mint, my Sunday "long read" on the evolution of monetary policy from the gold standard to inflation targeting.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/inflation-targeting-and-the-evolution-of-monetary-policy/2.3.4080367224.html

Kevin Carmichael, writing in Canadian Business on the low Canadian dollar, draws on my Mint column from last week warning of the dangers of asset bubbles when interest rates ate low.

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/economy/will-a-low-canadian-dollar-actually-help-manufacturers/

In an extra Mint column written with Rajeswari Sengupta, we argue in favour of the Indian Financial Code, and the proposed Monetary Policy Committee, which has aroused a barrage of criticism.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/VF8XjPZiGeIXimelsBSsTL/In-defence-of-the-financial-code.html

My latest Mint column is a "letter from Santa Colomba", reflecting on the most recent meeting of Robert Mundell's conference on global monetary and economic affairs.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/FjZKeHGIkBBti8s3LKM3dI/The-peril-of-cheap-money.html

Here is another link, which should be "live": http://mintne.ws/1HCFhaV 

As Greeks cast their ballots in today's referendum, my latest Mint column (on-line now, in print in India tomorrow) analyzes the economics, and politics, of the currency union.

http://mintne.ws/1fdmObT 

July 15

PS: Am now back from Robert Mundell's Santa Colomba Conference, where there were fascinating conversations on the Greek crisis and global monetary arrangements more generally. Looking forward to writing on this in the near future in my regular spaces in Mint.

In Mint, I review Anthony Atkinson's new book on inequality.

http://mintne.ws/1fE3moG 

My latest Mint column argues that the Maggi and Lalit Modi affairs both point to different facets of regulatory failure that need to be corrected.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/7ezZff4l1KkNo1rGjr3cTP/The-Maggi-and-Modi-affair.html

My latest Economics Express looks at the political economy of rent-seeking in the FSI debate over Mumbai's Development Plan proposal.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/why-mumbai’s-real-estate-prices-remain-sky-high/2.3.3199867174.html

My latest Mint column on how a politically legitimate upper house of Parliament in India creates political gridlock of a type one does not see in the UK or Canada, all Westminster democracies.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/J1BoXGjeRQgF18IfUDUyvL/A-political-gridlock-in-India.html

Soutik Biswas in the BBC picks up my Mint piece from last fall in which I suggested Modi may pursue a gradual, rather than a radical, trajectory toward economic reform.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32790929

My latest Mint column looks ahead to year 2 of the Modi government and what it must do to push ahead on the economic reforms agenda.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/3uIvbxQfdlq05BcUA7yDeN/Agenda-for-the-future.html

My latest "Economics Express" for Mint looks at tax competition.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/why-competition-may-sometimes-be-harmful/2.3.2600114137.html

My latest for Mint on the recent missteps by finance minister Arun Jaitley and on how he must right the ship.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/5FLBMyYuf2ARhLXfZQcN0M/Cracks-begin-to-show.html

Delighted to be part of the launch of Mint's new web-only "Mint on Sunday" long reads, with a piece on the economics of currency unions.

http://mintonsunday.livemint.com/news/greece-germany-and-the-economics-of-currency-unions/2.3.2109290219.html

My latest Mint on why the problem of farmers in distress requires the government to give up wasteful subsidies, and eliminate policy distortions that prevent the growth of labour-intensive economic activity.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/9VAKjLtmWiPD3wD55umuiJ/Giving-up-agriculture.html

The National Post reprints our oped on Modi in Canada, in advance of his arrival in Canada later today.

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/dehejia-subramanya-time-to-get-serious-with-india

My latest in Mint explores the Narendra Modi brand of economic reforms -- it's "made in India", not Thatcher or Reagan, and it's gradual, not radical.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/dnThaNbFrTaN3Q5W3srvRK/The-Narendra-Modi-brand-of-reforms.html

If you missed it live, here's a YouTube video of the lively debate among Mihir Sharma, Milan Vaishnav, and myself, expertly moderated by Sadanand Dhume of AEI, on whether Modi is an economic reformer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwSVZkfS1o

Friends, I join a distinguished panel at an AEI Google Hangout -- "Is Modi an economic reformer?" today, Thursday, April 9, 12 pm EST/9.30pm IST. Please click the link below.

https://plus.google.com/events/c73gremdodsirbb7jppjue768p4

In the Toronto Star, Rupa Subramanya and I distil our APF briefing note into an oped in advance of Modi's visit to Canada.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/04/08/harper-modi-combo-bodes-well-for-canada-india-relationship.html

Rupa Subramanya and I look forward to what may be accomplished during PM Modi's upcoming visit to Canada, for Asia Pacific Foundation.

http://www.asiapacific.ca/canada-asia-agenda/canada-and-india-new-beginning

My latest for Mint, and and a special column by Jagdish Bhagwati.

My Mint column dissecting the anti-BJP, anti-Modi spin emanating from the New York Times, and how this only feeds an unholy alliance between the Anglo-American left and the fundamentalist evangelical Christian right, both of whom would like the BJP to fail.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/jy7TGBLVRTPJs0qGuHunML/An-unholy-alliance.html

Also, in tomorrow's Mint, a superb piece by my great guru, Jagdish Bhagwati, debunking the myth that Christians are under threat in India in a BJP-ruled India:

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/lNKcsuArsta4yushnlQ9cI/Jagdish-Bhagwati--The-false-alarm-over-Christians-in-India.html

I speak here to the Globe and Mail's Kevin Carmichael on the great "freakout" by central banks in 2015.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-great-central-bank-freak-out-of-2015/article23613669/

Cited here in a Business Standard story on culture and open defecation.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/building-toilets-not-enough-to-end-open-defecation-115032501279_1.html

My latest for Mint on the land acquisition bill and Modi's Thatcher moment.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/xfcaICAJjDdTpdP776pk6H/Modis-Thatcher-Moment.html

Can democratic India overtake authoritarian China? I revisit an old debate in my latest Economics Express for Mint.

http://mintne.ws/1G0pG2G 

My take on the Union Budget 2015 in today's Mint.

http://mintne.ws/1wERHYx 

I joined a distinguished panel at TISS in Mumbai to chat about the upcoming budget with Shweta Rajpal Kohli of NDTV. [video]

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-special-ndtv-24x7/b-school-budget-tiss-students-quiz-economists/357349

In my latest Mint column, I ask whether the Delhi assembly debacle will induce Modi to roll back or accelerate the economic reforms agenda? Spoiler alert: I argue it is the latter.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/PWEujRKZKSX1zVSBCaAeJO/The-road-from-Delhi.html

My latest Mint column looks at what happens when "Made in America" confronts "Make in India". The results ain't pretty.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/JJtdXFRyKSf87rTIQQoAKP/A-trade-war-brewing.html

In my fortnightly Mint column, in print today, I present my analysis of the RBI's "surprise" rate cut last week.

http://mintne.ws/1B4zBmt

In my latest Economics Express for Mint, I ask whether technical experts make better ministers, and sift the arguments and some new research bearing on this question.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/NvHVXAvyFRZshjWgPJ6Q0N/Do-expert-ministers-lead-to-better-policy-outcomes.html …

In Mint, my take on the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, dissecting spurious claims made to curb free speech by what Salman Rushdie calls aptly the "but brigade".

http://mintne.ws/1KARgaW 

A new survey reported on in Macleans tracks 80 Canadian economists to see where they fit on the ideological spectrum, based on who follows them. Yours truly is right in the centre.

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/the-ideologies-of-canadian-economists-according-to-twitter/

Delighted to be quoted in this week's Economist on the "Gujarat model".

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21638147-how-modi-nomics-was-forged-one-indias-most-business-friendly-states

My latest Mint column looks at the creation of NITI Aayog (which replaces the Planning Commission) and how this likely presages a turn toward economic reform by the Modi government in India.

http://mintne.ws/1AskrIN 

Mint's year end mini-reviews of interesting books of the past year, in which I contribute a review on McKinnon's "The Unloved Dollar Standard".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/7yHQqUaXyKGOM9cbKuF1tI/The-best-books-we-read-this-year.html