Taking a leaf from Hume and Hayek, my latest Mint column explores the "fatal conceit" of technocracy today.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-fatal-conceit-of-technocracy-that-afflicts-most-policymaking-11613918810294.html

Wherein I commit apostasy, arguing India’s turn toward higher tariffs doesn’t betoken an unthinking, atavistic return to pre-1991 autarky, but a deliberate pivot toward a tariff-induced, FDI-driven economic strategy, for which an economic rationale exists.

 https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/sitharamans-tariff-increases-are-based-on-a-new-economic-gambit-11612710624837.html

My latest Mint column, "Has covid sent countries of the West down the road to serfdom?"

 https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/has-covid-sent-countries-of-the-west-down-the-road-to-serfdom-11611502421681.html

My latest Mint column on the real lessons of recent events in the US for observers in the rest of the world.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-real-lesson-of-trump-s-coup-attempt-that-shocked-everyone-11610292708081.html

My latest Mint column, "Labour reforms are not to blame for the unrest at Wistron’s plant".

 https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/labour-reforms-are-not-to-blame-for-the-unrest-at-wistron-s-plant-11609079186877.html

Liberal economic reforms in India starting in 1991 often occur in a crisis mode, as in recent labour law and agricultural sector reforms. My latest @livemint argues Indian policymakers must move beyond this, and make a principled case for reform to voters.

 https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/a-redux-of-the-modi-government-s-thatcher-moment-11607873118891.html

My latest Mint column: "In this time of crisis, classical music has been our saviour".

 https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/in-this-time-of-crisis-classical-music-has-been-our-saviour-11606658804389.html