MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 2-8, 2021
A worrying disregard for free markets
Ayn Rand’s book “Atlas Shrugged”, published in 1957, is about depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations. Five decades later,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 25-May 1, 2021
Governments, institutions and people are collectively responsible for the tragic second wave of Covid
Everyone must bear collective responsibility for the second wave of Covid 19 which is hitting the country very hard.
After the...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 18-24, 2021
Bureaucrats should have an open mind to new ideas, and Government should encourage it
This Government has developed out of the box ideas to solve problems, the most recent one being the PLI (Production Linked...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
April 11-17, 2021
We need both good governance and good discipline by citizens
Democracy comes with a price, but, for the sake of preserving individual liberties, it is a price worth paying.
When the Berlin wall came crashing down,...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 28 – April 4, 2021
What goes around, comes around
US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is discovering that karma is a bitch!
In the period, 2014-18, as Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve (equivalent to RBI Governor), she...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
y J Mulraj
Mar 28 – Apr 4, 2021
Their worth is their bond!
It is perplexing that India is not using the opportunities provided by international debt markets to raise funds at prevailing low rates. The Chinese are; as per...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 21 -27, 2021
Shareholder capitalism needs to be tweaked
The world, indeed, is enigmatic.
Technology is addressing all sorts of problems. Renewable energy is increasing its presence in the global energy mix, although we still need the more...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 14-20, 2021
Is India ready for a fast changing world?
In 1949 George Orwell wrote a fantastically prescient book called 1984. It is about a world which, as per Wikipedia, ‘has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 7-13, 2021
Nothing (except a bureaucrat) can stop an idea who’s time has come
By J Mulraj
It has taken very long for the polity to understand why continuous economic reform, incessant preparation for the future, sharp focus...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2021
Not argumentative, be an augmentative Indian!
Democracy is wonderful, if the polity is sensible and not, alas as it is, needlessly argumentative. Our polity kept India’s economy chained until a crisis in...