Donald Trump in his second Presidency is going by the playbook of authoritarian leadership. One of the major lessons from the playbook is to spread disinformation by weaponising history. You have to tell the people how history has been unkind to them and to the core values of their country. Then use history as a…

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What is a Book Review? The Case of Economics | Mostly Economics

In an earlier post, I pointed to this interesting paper by Julien Gradoz of Duke University on importance of books reviews in economics. In another accompanying paper, Gradoz points to two approaches for defining book reviews: This article identifies the two approaches to defining a book review. The first defines a book review as a text published in…

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RBI@90: How was RBI’s first monetary policy decided and implemented? | Mostly Economics

Yesterday, RBI commemorated completion of its 90 years. In a Financial Express article, I wrote how the new central bank implemented its first monetary policy. The monetary policy was decided by the Central Board and its first tools were Bank Rate and Cash Reserve Ratio. Today, monetary policy is decided by the Monetary Policy Commitee…

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A Teacher Writes to Students Series (42): Money and Soul-Based Economy | Mostly Economics

A Teacher Writes to Students Series (42): Money and Soul-Based Economy By Annavajhula J C Bose, PhD Department of Economics (Retd.), SRCC, DU There is money almost everywhere, and there are billionaires everywhere making it, literally devouring the earth in the process. By contrast, “There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in…

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