I join Mint editors and columnists in reviewing the best book I read in 2016 -- Dani Rodrik's "Economics Rules" in my case.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/1dWuTScBr7wFI3zAUM0YkN/What-we-read-in-2016.html

Much press coverage today of yesterday's NITI meeting chaired by PM Modi that I attended. Here's a representative sampling of articles.

http://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/pm-modis-meeting-with-experts-prudent-public-spending-needed-to-deal-with-tax-evasion-4447942/

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/RrYXns2ov4QX4zsON2keQJ/Narendra-Modi-says-early-budget-will-expedite-release-of-fun.html

http://www.financialexpress.com/budget/discussed-cut-in-income-tax-rate-with-pm-narendra-modi-says-niti-aayogs-arvind-panagariya/488172/

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/Simplify-reduce-personal-income-tax-Economists/article16950714.ece

In today's Mint, Jagdish Bhagwati, Pravin Krishna, and I have a long essay on "Demonetisation Fallacies and Demonetisation Math".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/niFH9uM377oUSHEQcRuUWP/Demonetisation-fallacies-and-demonetisation-math.html

I'm mentioned (name misspelled) as one of the experts whom sources say have been invited to tomorrow's economic policy meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

http://indianexpress.com/article/business/budget/pre-budget-talks-pm-modi-to-meet-economists-tuesday-cash-crunch-demonetisation-may-figure-4444951/

Very gratifying that an Indian Supreme Court judgement in a tax case cites research by Praveen Chakravarty and myself documenting widening regional disparities in India.

https://indiankanoon.org/doc/141946357/

I debunk some canards around the currency swap, in particular, those related to the alleged failure of a "fiscal bonanza".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/wjKydUxCNTQqPgOzVREpVI/The-many-canards-surrounding-currency-swap.html

I'm quoted in a recent Financial Express piece on some of the potential benefits from the currency swap in India.

http://www.financialexpress.com/money/why-rbis-small-step-towards-ekyc-is-a-giant-leap-for-digitising-finance/476018/