Food consumption trends point at real income decline before pandemic
Why has there been a tendency toward persistent ‘excess supply’ in the foodgrain market when growth rate of foodgrain output has barely exceeded the population growth rate?
What could be wrong with a fiscal deficit?
If wealth inequality is to be prevented from becoming worse than the horrendous level it has already attained, then the only way this can be done is by larger government spending that is financed by a tax on the rich, either a profit tax or a wealth tax
Decline in global poverty is a farce perpetuated by World Bank’s poverty line
The real problem with the World Bank’s poverty estimates, is that its International Poverty Line is set at an impossibly low level, which greatly underestimates world poverty
Why a ‘New Deal’ can’t be just switched on today
The globalization of finance means that any State that violates the dictates of finance, such as by attempting a New Deal financed by a larger fiscal deficit or taxes on the rich, runs the risk of a capital flight from its shores and hence a financial crisis
The absurdity of hiking oil prices amid lockdown and pandemic
Taxing oil is the worst among all tax options when income sources have dried up. It will have the most deleterious effect on the level of output and employment
Finally, myth of stock market as barometer for real economy busted
US stock markets boom while its economy collapses. People there are already on streets demanding equality; it is only a matter of time before working people take to streets in India as well
Opening India’s food economy to demands of imperialism
Every step in the direction of opening agriculture to global trade – as announced in the three ordinances by the Modi government – is a step towards reducing domestic food availability.
Problem of external debt in the third world
The collapse in commodity prices has forced these countries into greater external borrowing to manage their balance of payments