US dollar: rumble stumble
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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The rumbling is now perceptible. The solid ground on which the US stood is now shaking under the feet. When Nixon nixed the gold standard by ending the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-world-poverty-clock-pointers-for-india/1069774
India could learn a few things from the World Poverty Clock
— By RN Bhaskar | May 18, 2017 08:13 am
Asia could be getting out of poverty faster than many countries in the developing world. This -- and a great deal of...
Government favours importers of pulses not Indian farmers
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Last week farmers decided to approach the Supreme Court of India to seek redressal of the government’s pulses policy. Normally, the government takes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/telecom-disruption-the-airwaves-are-buzzing
OneWeb and SpaceX could disrupt telecom in India
RN Bhaskar -- 18 February 2021
In the first week of 2021, short video on Elon Musk grabbed eyeballs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUOkiKHD8U&feature=youtu.be). But in the sound and fury that surrounded the Jan 6 attack on...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/bringing-more-transparency-in-gold-trade/805277
Gold, PAN, excise duty, hallmarking and the government
During the last two months, the gold trade has been agitated enough to go on strike and down shutters on at least two occasions. It has been protesting against the government’s newly...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/maharashtras-agricultural-woes-will-continue/1475943
Maharashtra and its water diversion
RN Bhaskar – 7 March, 2019
Maharashtra has one of the highest farmer suicide rates in India. It also has the maximum number of farm agitations in India.
And the reason is quite clear if one studies...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-used-to-reduce-indias-cad-anxieties/1377671
India's privately held gold can be used to reduce the country's CAD
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 18, 2018
The increase in oil prices and the surge in other imports are threatening to worsen India current account deficit. According to the RBI’s...
21 Sept 2025
Germany wrecked its own chances
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On 15 September came the news that Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not go on a planned trip to New York next week to participate in a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-absurd-posturing-of-the-anti-gm-lobby/1144327
The edible oil story in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 28, 2017 07:49 am
The battle-lines between the proponents of pro-GM (genetically modified) mustard seed, and anti-GM lobbies are getting drawn more sharply. Both have their arguments. But it looks like...
The 'grade inflation' of our past, which has lead to 'massive unemployability' in the present, could lead to 'economic disaster' in the future, warns RN Bhaskar
There is nothing more tragic than watching a champion stumble—that is how most parents...
