This Economist article explains why "'universal basic income', an unconditional government payment given to all citizens, as a supplement to or replacement for wages" is basically flawed.
"Since 2000 economic growth across the rich world has failed to generate decent pay increases for ...
Karthik Muralidharan, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, joined us at the sidelines of the IDFC Institute Dialogues on Political Economy to discuss designing robust RCT studies and complex government programmes, based on his co-authored Working Paper, "...
Watch Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Co-Founder Infosys talk in this NDTV exclusive about Aadhaar, contesting elections and what are the big solutions for India that Aadhaar and technology can deliver.
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This Saturday, Asia Society is hosting Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, and Viral Shah, Founding Partner of Julia Computing, in conversation with IDFC Institute's Dr Reuben Abraham to discuss their new book, "Rebooting India: Reali...
Noted economist Paul Romer is writing a blog series on the 25th anniversary of the publication of his paper "Endogenous Technological Change, JPE (1990)." In last weekend's post, he writes:
"The bar I set for a model is that it should yield answers we believe to questions that matter. ...
