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Opinion: Why Protesting Farmers Are Unable To Trust Government

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Thursday December 03, 2020

The third rail of Indian politics has always been agriculture. While the economy has been partly liberalized since opening up to the world in 1991, the process has largely bypassed the three-fifths of Indians who depend for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly, on farming.

Opinion: Why I'm Losing Hope In India

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Saturday November 28, 2020

Call it buyers' remorse. Those of us who thought that muscular leadership would revive India's dream of mimicking Chinese-style double-digit expansion are not just disappointed. For many of my generation, our long-cherished hope for a better, greater India is all but gone. We wanted to trade some of our democratic chaos for a little bit more growth. We ended up with l...

Opinion: There Will Be A Price To Pay For Making Vaccines Too Expensive

Stephanie Baker, Bloomberg | Tuesday November 24, 2020

The world is unequal enough and the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to make things more unequal still. Poorer countries have had to take on debt they will struggle to pay back. Their more fragile healthcare systems and crowded cities forced them into stricter and more economically harmful lockdowns, and poverty rates have risen dramatically. Now, they rightly fear a stagg...

Opinion: Tycoon-Led Banks Could Be Dangerous For India

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday November 23, 2020

From the conditional nature of the recommendation, it doesn't appear that the regulator will soon reverse its policy of keeping conglomerates away from banking. But the report could pave the way for backdoor entry.

Opinion: Daily Texts For First Week For Those Who Get Pfizer Vaccine

Therese Raphael, Bloomberg | Monday November 23, 2020

Regulatory authorities are gearing up for a deluge in people reporting side effects when the new covid-19 vaccines go into use. Even as vaccines like the one from Pfizer and BioNTech reach safety milestones and look set for regulatory approval, managing the reporting and follow-up of what are known as adverse drug reactions will be critical to keeping to the high leve...

Opinion: This Time, India Is Getting A Bank Rescue Right

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday November 18, 2020

The moth-eaten LVB will cease to exist, its equity completely wiped out.

Opinion: India Skipped China-Led Bloc But Can't Turn Away From Trade

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Monday November 16, 2020

After almost a decade of "negotiating with blood, sweat and tears," as Malaysia's trade minister put it, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was signed this weekend at the conclusion of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Fifteen countries - all of ASEAN, alongside Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China - will be part of this gi...

Opinion: Biden Must Dump Trump Tariffs, Focus On India For Silicon Valley

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday November 12, 2020

For all the hype around "Howdy Modi" and "Namaste Trump," the US.-India economic relationship has been backsliding the last four years. To move forward, Joe Biden must steer the conversation away from tariffs, an obsession of his predecessor.

Opinion: Why Trump Fears Leaving The White House

Timothy L O'Brien, Bloomberg | Thursday November 12, 2020

Donald Trump is the luckiest man alive. Unlike almost, well, everyone, hes been protected from the consequences of his own mistakes his entire life.

Opinion: Jeff Bezos Vs Mukesh Ambani As Amazon Disputes India Retail Deal

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday November 03, 2020

The actual quarrel is only interesting when you read between the lines of the claims and counterclaims.

Opinion: Trump's H-1B Reforms Will Harm American Workers, Not Help Them

The Editors, Bloomberg | Wednesday October 21, 2020

Newly announced reforms to the H-1B immigrant visa system have the potential to reduce the number of foreign workers allowed into the U.S., just as the Donald Trump administration intends. The problem is that goal makes no sense. If implemented, the changes will seriously harm many businesses - small firms and health-care providers especially. Overall, they'll harm U....

Opinion: The Next China? India Must First Beat Bangladesh

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday October 19, 2020

India's Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower for 2020 than in neighboring Bangladesh.

Opinion: Covid Hits The Old Hardest, But The Healthy Longest: Expert

Therese Raphael, Bloomberg | Friday October 16, 2020

Before he had Covid-19, Brendan Delaney, the 57-year-old chair of medical informatics and decision making at Imperial College, could cycle 150 miles in a day. Covid changed that, but not because he had a severe case of the disease.

Opinion: Tata Taking On Mukesh Ambani Could Be India's Alibaba-Tencent

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday October 05, 2020

The 152-year-old Tata Group is talking to Walmart Inc. for a $25 billion investment in a "super-app," a multipurpose online platform combining fashion, lifestyle and electronics retail, food and grocery.

Opinion: What PM Modi's Approach To Economic Reforms Lacks

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Friday October 02, 2020

In recent weeks, India's government has shown unusual amounts of energy in pushing through long-awaited economic reforms. The last session of Parliament - cut short when several MPs tested positive for Covid-19 - was exceptionally productive. Two labor-law amendments were passed, as was a package of measures addressing the agriculturalsector.

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