I join the panel discussion on NDTV (December 24, 2013), "Kejri-nomics: practical or wishful thinking?" [video]

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/rebooting-india/kejri-nomics-practical-or-wishful-thinking/302588

My latest "Marginalia" column in Business Standard unpacks the claim that conditions of domestic employment in India are "exploitative" and that workers aren't paid a "fair" wage.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-the-myth-of-fair-pay-113122300987_1.html

My latest "Marginalia" column explores counterfactual reasoning in history, economics, and public discourse.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-the-what-if-question-113112501079_1.html

And, here, I'm quoted by Maclean's (a national magazine in Canada), on smaller orchestras like the NAC performing large-scale symphonic works.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/10/more-cried-the-conductor-more/

Something old, rediscovered: my essay for the NAC on differing interpretations of the Mahler Fourth Symphony and the role of the conductor.

http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/nacmusicbox/en/#!/index.php?pageid=essays/mahlerfromenthusiastview

"Narendra Modi, historian" (Mint, November 13, 2013), my take on the controversy over Modi's "counterfactual history".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/lhef7Y7yDxs6a6EMObXiuL/Narendra-Modi-historian.html

A video of the inaugural session of the India Non Fiction Festival in Mumbai this past summer, in which I join a distinguished panel to discuss the state of contemporary India. [video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QENJJtA_dH0

In my latest "Marginalia" column for Business Standard, I examine the "pleasures and perils" of inequality, drawing on, inter alia, Rawls and Stigltz. (October 29, 2013).

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-pleasures-and-perils-of-inequality-113102801004_1.html

My latest "Marginalia" column for Business Standard, "The truth about competition" (October 1, 2013), looks at whether increased political competition leads to better economic policy.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-the-truth-about-competition-113093001057_1.html

In the Mint (September 9, 2013), I argue that Zubin Mehta's concert in Srinagar was avowedly political, as music since the time of Mozart has been.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/v89JjaXEGuh9ZhMXniQTBJ/Zubin-Mehtas-concert-in-Srinagar-was-avowedly-political.html

My latest for Business Standard ("Volatility's the problem", September 8, 2013), looks at the potentially detrimental effects of a volatile currency.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-volatility-s-the-problem-113090700696_1.html

On "The Current" on CBC Radio One in Canada, I debate Reetika Khera on the merits of the Food Security Law. (September 6 2013) [audio]

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/09/06/can-india-afford-its-new-food-security-bill/

My appreciation of the life and work of the late Ronald Coase, in the Mint (September 5, 2013).

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/dPTdbOUK9bu0YBzYVLjmFJ/The-importance-of-Ronald-Coase.html

My latest "Marginalia" column for Business Standard (September 3, 2013) revisits the classic flexible vs. fixed exchange rate debate as waged between two titans, Friedman and Mundell.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-fixed-or-flexible-exchange-rate-113090201099_1.html

My latest for Business Standard, on why economic reform is politically difficult (Tuesday, August 6, 2013), also launches a new monthly column, "Marginalia".

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/why-are-reforms-difficult-113080501182_1.html

I speak to Forbes India on the causes of our apparent apathy to those in need, drawing on work in "Indianomix".

http://forbesindia.com/article/beyond-business/savelifes-wants-citizens-to-help-accident-victims/35733/0

Here's a transcript of Arvind's appearance on "Walk the Talk" in this morning's Indian Express.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/i-am-a-little-worried.-now-there-is-1020-per-cent-chance-that-we-might-see-1991-again/1148384/0

Here on "Walk the Talk" with Shekhar Gupta, Arvind Panagariya very graciously mentions me as one of several economists who've contributed to the economic policy debate in India in recent times.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/walk-the-talk/walk-the-talk-with-arvind-panagariya/284689?sp

The sharp drop in poverty as reported in India is good news -- but don't turn it into a football in the "Bhagwati-Sen debate". Sunday Business Standard, July 28, 2013.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/don-t-look-for-any-easy-answers-in-india-s-new-poverty-numbers-113072700852_1.html

My take on the "Sen-Bhagwati debate" as it relates to Indian economic policy in today's Mint, July 19, 2013.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/7sYuSbU9ygwJ5FakaNCjBM/Choosing-the-right-development-paradigm-for-India.html

"Rupee slides: has the government mismanaged the economy?", Left Right and Centre, NDTV 24x7, July 9, 2013. I'm part of a panel debating the current economic situation in India.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/left-right-centre/rupee-slides-has-the-government-mismanaged-the-economy/282428

Video links to my appearance on Times Now with Arnab Goswami last Friday July 5, 2013, "Debate: middle class pain not relevant?"

Part 1

http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-Middle-class-pain-not-relevant---1/videoshow/4431411.cms

Part 2

http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-Middle-class-pain-not-relevant---2/videoshow/4431412.cms

Part 3

http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-Middle-class-pain-not-relevant---3/videoshow/4431413.cms

If the links aren't "live", just copy & paste them into your browser and press enter. Enjoy!

My latest for Business Standard, "Can Modi pull of a Thatcher?", in print July 9, 2013, on-line July 8, 2013.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/can-modi-pull-off-a-thatcher-113070800851_1.html

In the Business Standard, I turn a critical lens on pre-election opinion polls in India, in particular, those which suggest that Narendra Modi is the most popular PM candidate by far.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-bjp-s-poll-star-113061000829_1.html

My response to Gurcharan Das' FT piece, arguing it won't be a Presidential-style Modi vs. Rahul contest, linked below.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6cdf767e-c934-11e2-9d2a-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VUlOsrxN

Vivek Kaul in FirstPost draws on "Indianomix" and a previous interview with me to help parse the "India Shining" and "Bharat Nirman" election campaigns.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-congress-has-learned-the-wrong-lessons-from-india-shining-797407.html

I speak to the Sunday Guardian about the proposed Food Security Bill.

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/ideology-policy-divide-debate-on-the-food-security-bill#.UY-mTDJXZH4.twitter

My latest, for Business Standard, on why not taking a principled stand against the food security bill is the real moral failure and a political failure of the BJP.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-real-moral-failure-in-the-food-security-bill-debate-113050700810_1.html

My piece in today's Indian Express, in which I argue against the hypothesis that aging politicians can account for poor policy outcomes.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/what-s-age-got-to-do-with-it-/1105115/0

In the "My Life My Style" column of Business Standard, the FT's James Crabtree mentions that "Indianomix" is at the top of his reading list.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/my-life-my-style-james-crabtree-113041901106_1.html

In which I suggest to Jason Burke of the Guardian that incentives, rather than culture, help explain the apparent apathy of passersby as witnessed tragically in Jaipur recently.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/15/india-shock-crowds-ignore-road-victim?CMP=twt_gu

My latest, for Business Standard, examines the strange synchronicities that unite Modi, Thatcher, and Pinochet.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-notorious-difference-makers-113040900597_1.html

My review for Mint Lounge of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Antifragile".

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rEyPqEMR5SuI2Berk5JBjN/Book-Review--Antifragile-How-to-Live-in-a-World-We-Dont-U.html

The New York Times Sunday Observer picks up on research in "Indianomix" in a discussion of women speaking up in India.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sunday/in-india-womens-issues-are-finally-out-front.html?smid=fb-share

A short profile in the Ahmedabad Mirror on "Indianomix".

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2013032220130322024512515dd86cbd9/Why-people-cross-tracks-despite-accidents.html

Karuna Nundy and I contest the claim that Modi's being "un-invited" from Wharton has to do with an abrogation of free speech. In Sunday's Business Standard in India.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-wharton-affair-or-the-right-to-bad-manners-113030900289_1.html

I was on NDTV Profit last night talking about the likely impacts of the US fiscal sequester on India's fragile economy.

http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/we-mean-business/video-global-risks-rising-267425

I speak to NDTV Profit about UK PM Cameron's visit to India.

http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/we-mean-business/video-cameron-comes-calling-265429

A very short promotional video I recorded for "Indianomix" at the World Book Fair in Delhi, February 6, 2013.

http://youtu.be/96w-LdaZfi4

I look at the theory and practice of the politics of personality, and consider the evolving cult around Narendra Modi.

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/harvest-of-modis-personality-cult-has-yet-to-be-reaped/20130122.htm

I speak to BBC World about the role of culture/religion in the economy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21080421

My recent piece on the "Modi model" gets picked up Swapan Dasgupta in the Telegraph and the FirstPost editorial!

Here's Swapan Dasgupta's column in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130118/jsp/opinion/story_16452575.jsp

And here's the editorial in FirstPost:

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/from-modi-to-mamata-the-tale-of-two-investment-summits-593472.html

My piece for Rediff, "'Modi model', template for India's development?", looking at the Gujarat experience and what lessons it may hold.

http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-could-the-modi-model-be-template-for-development/20130116.htm

My appearance on NDTV Profit yesterday, debating whether Gujarat's economic model could be replicated elsewhere. This one was spirited and heated. Do watch!

http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/we-mean-business/video-can-gujarat-s-success-model-be-replicated-nationally-261861

I speak to the New York Times India Ink about "Indianomix"!

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/a-conversation-with-economist-and-author-vivek-dehejia/

The third and final part of my conversation with Niti Central about "Indianomix", focusing in this segment on the roots of violence against women, and also on the FDI debate in India.

http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/indianomix-in-conversation-with-vivek-dehejia-part-3.html

The second of my three part conversation with Niti Central, this one focussing on culture/religion and on what lessons Gujarat may (or may not) hold for the Indian polity.

http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/vivek-dehejia-on-the-role-of-culture-and-religion-in-modern-economics.html

The first in a three part video conversation with Niti Central about "Indianomix".

http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/indianomix-in-conversation-with-vivek-dehejia.html