India’s Weird Decision To Ban Vertical Integration In E-Commerce
There's near no useful economic explanation for what India is doing in the field of e-commerce - online selling of goods and products. There's...
Biplab Deb’s Terrible Cow Idea – India Needs Fewer Peasant Farmers, Not More
It's entirely - and obviously - true that giving things to farmers aids in gaining the votes of those farmers. Other than that this...
Today’s Indian Misunderstanding Of Economics – India Won’t Have Driverless Cars Because Jobs
Economics isn't all that difficult - after all, as the man said it's all obvious or trivial except Ricardo on comparative advantage. This does...
Modi’s Wrong, Farm Loan Waivers Aren’t Lollypops, They’re Electoral Bribes
India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has hit out at the practice of granting farm loan waivers calling them lollypops (for English readers, lollipops). This...
Uber’s Miserable Driver Wages In India – But That’s What A Poor Country Means
Uber is being accused of exploiting its drivers in India. To which Deardrie McCloskey's comment, that the only thing worse than being exploited by...
A Bad Mistake, India Moots Raising National Minimum Wage – It’s Too High Already
It's not surprising that this is happening, India mooting a rise in the national minimum wage. There is, after all, an election in the...
Nasa And India Confirm The Environmental Kuznets Curve As World Greens
A standard finding in economics has just been confirmed by Nasa - the world greens as it gets richer. The latest studies show that...
India’s Bad Idea – More E-Commerce Restrictions To Hit Flipkart And Amazon
We know why this is being done of course, these new restrictions upon e-commerce in India, it's to stop Flipkart and Amazon from competing...
Maybe India’s Right – RBI States Cryptocurrency Adds Nothing To The Economy
This new document from the Reserve Bank of India is less than an outright condemnation of cryptocurrency even while it points to officialdom thinking...
Apple To Make iPhones In India – Won’t Make Much Difference To Be Honest
Apple and Foxconn are getting together to fulfill one of the dearest wishes of Modi's government in India - they're going to start manufacturing...