April 04, 2017
The flip side of ‘one nation, one tax’
India is the only large country in the world that is experiencing subnational income divergence
April 03, 2017
Zero Loss, Zero Tax and the Contest of Flawed Narratives
Why the number tax payers in India has been low historically and how this is a result of structural flaws in the system.
March 14, 2017
A More Perfect Union
The increasing disparity in economic divergence among the states of India, drawing parallels with the situation in the antebellum US that had led to the US Civil War.
February 13, 2017
Promise and Peril of Place-based Policies
The promise and peril of "place-based" economic policies, and how they relate to skyrocketing inter-state income inequality in India.
February 08, 2017
Will GST Exacerbate India’s Income Divergence?
Why GST is likely to exacerbate the issue of income divergence between Indian states.
January 19, 2017
In a State of Tax
The central government needs to protect federalism if it expects states to behave altruistically in implementing the Goods and Services Tax
January 09, 2017
GDP Estimates, Guesstimates, Assumptions and the Playbook of Growth
Issues relating to quality and availability of data could haunt the playbook of growth
December 23, 2016
Known Unknowns and Why it Makes Sense to Move GST to 2018
In the New Indian Express, Shankkar Aiyar makes the case for deferring GST rollout to 2018, in light of demonetisation.
December 10, 2016
Black Money Rhetoric And Anti-Profiteering Action
Implications of the Model GST Law being a reminder of how Indian economic policy making continues to function with suspicious undertones of business and markets.
November 23, 2016
Why We Need to Debate the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Idea Further
This “one nation, one policy” notion is deeply flawed and ill-suited for the India of today when the differences among its states are the starkest in the world
