I speak to Down Jones' Marketwatch on the confirmation of Columbia economics professor Rich Clarida (who taught me macroeconomics) as the Fed's #2, confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/richard-clarida-who-stresses-fed-independence-confirmed-to-be-powells-no-2-2018-08-28

I speak to @simonmundy @FT on India's space ambitions. My take: if you want to beat China, do it with high and sustained growth. There's plenty of time to put a person on the moon when we're rich.

https://www.ft.com/content/edeb1846-a691-11e8-8ecf-a7ae1beff35b

Writing in a special column in Mint, Rajiv Lall and I argue that "Modicare" is unlikely to meet its laudable goals unless supplemented with a viable system of publicly funded public primary healthcare provision.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/CqPT0Kql72a4BDFcY0WcnM/Modicare-is-not-enough-to-reform-healthcare.html

"Who's afraid of rising inequality?" Writing in @ThePrintIndia, I put the #inequality debate in context, following, inter alia, @surjitbhalla critique of my work with @pravchak on spatial inequality.

https://theprint.in/opinion/whos-afraid-of-rising-inequality/105831/

Why spatial inequality in India is a problem, contrary to what Surjit Bhalla claims: I write in The Print India.

https://theprint.in/opinion/what-surjit-bhalla-got-wrong-about-our-study-on-spatial-inequality-in-india/100396/

Mint's unsigned leader on Independence Day (15 August 2018) cites my work with Praveen Chakravarty on widening spatial inequality in India.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/STAMshddvjoLQEJx4h8reO/Western-India-is-leaving-the-eastern-half-behind.html

I speak on the BJP's proposal for simultaneous elections on Nidhi Razdan's "Left, Right, and Centre" on NDTV. [video clip]

https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/left-right-centre/bjp-pushes-one-nation-one-poll-are-simultaneous-polls-a-good-idea-491537?video-featured

I speak on the falling rupee in a panel debate on Nidhi Razdan's "Left, Right, and Centre" on NDTV. [video link]

https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/left-right-centre/rupee-hits-historic-low-at-70-why-is-the-currency-falling-491538

"From Nehru's 'idea of india' To Modi's 'new India'" -- my Independence Day reflections in advance of August 15, 2014.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/17Gy2lnHnG8xRlLO6PTxcM/Opinion--From-Nehrus-idea-of-India-to-Modis-new-India.html