Why agriculture shouldn’t be left to free market
The prices as well as the quantities of the agricultural produce in a free market would be far from socially optimal and are likely to be socially disastrous
India’s move toward a de facto unitary state
India is being pushed toward a de facto unitary state, with States being kept totally out of the loop in decision-making, as seen in the new agricultural laws, goods and services tax compensation, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation and new National Education Policy.
Why third world workers were worst hit by the pandemic
Advanced countries have been more open-handed in fiscal support for their economies, in particular for workers, while Third World countries have been extremely niggardly, not necessarily out of choice (except in the case of India)
The rising wealth of billionaires even amid a pandemic
It is inevitable under capitalism that every human tragedy which unleashes a crisis in this system becomes an occasion for an increase in wealth concentration, writes Prabhat Patnaik
One hundred years of Indian communism
The Left has steadfastly opposed neoliberal policies, but there are new challenges of repression and ‘othering’, unleashed by authoritarian/fascist regimes, that need to be faced now
Modi’s farm bills totally kowtow to imperialist agenda
Imperialism has been pushing countries like India to become food import-dependent and divert land devoted to foodgrain toward crops that imperialist countries can’t grow
The Indian economy is hurtling toward disaster
To avoid a total collapse of the economy, the Indian government needs to push up demand by spending more on cash transfers to the poor and on goods and services
Why the pandemic crisis marks a dead-end for capitalism
Even after the pandemic shock is over, the world will still be stuck with the protracted crisis of over-production, which had engulfed it well before