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Arun Maira

ARTICLES BY ARUN MAIRA

The fundamental conflict between the core principles of capitalism and democracy, or the conflict between the rights of owners of capital and the rights of all humans, continues, writes Arun Maira in his new book, Reimagining India's Economy. (Pexels)

Why the Indian government needs to redefine the idea of reform

5 min read . 14 Jun 2025

To import and sell is easy, learning to make in India is harder. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Arun Maira: India’s economic strategy must keep the big picture in view

4 min read . 17 Apr 2025

India’s economy must increase in size; for its growth to be sustainable, many more people must find work and their incomes must rise too.

Arun Maira: When will modern economies learn to value human beings?

4 min read . 26 Mar 2025

The problem is not what a new technology can do, it is the purpose for which it is used, and for whose benefit. (Pexel)

Arun Maira: Don’t let techo-optimism over AI crowd out concerns of equity

5 min read . 24 Feb 2025

AI is marginal to India’s challenge of jobs and incomes. (Hindustan Times)

Arun Maira: The impact of AI on Indian jobs is a distraction we can do without

4 min read . 29 Jan 2025

Economic science in its present state cannot provide solutions for problems it has unwittingly caused.

Rethinking the purpose of economic policy

4 min read . 24 Dec 2024

The harm that IMF’s structural reforms have caused are visible in many countries. (AFP)

Arun Maira: The Washington Consensus has collapsed and it won’t be mourned

4 min read . 13 Nov 2024

A large economy without a strong base of producers and consumers in its villages and small towns cannot be sustainable, economically or politically (Photo: HT)

Putting wind beneath the economy’s sails

3 min read . 04 Jun 2024

Since the 20th century, economics has become the dominant ‘science’ for guiding public policy.. Photo: iStock

Science and economics need a reset, and new conversations

5 min read . 13 Oct 2022

When some Indian leaders in 2010 woke up to the need for policies to nurture domestic manufacturing, ideology forbade the use of the name ‘industrial policy’. Photo: Mint

Globalisation is dying; India needs sound industrial policy

5 min read . 26 Jul 2022

How the global machine could regain its long-lost soul

4 min read . 09 Jun 2022

The way we go about reforms is all wrong

5 min read . 10 Feb 2022

The scarcely understood role of humans within complex systems

4 min read . 10 Nov 2021

Economic growth accelerated, though it’s spluttering now, and millions were lifted above the poverty line—though, sadly, millions have fallen below it again in the covid pandemic. (Photo: Reuters)

Our technocratic approach to institutions has failed us

4 min read . 11 Jun 2021

Wanted: A charter on the public purpose of private enterprise

4 min read . 13 Apr 2021

Fix the software of policymaking and listen to the voice of people

4 min read . 28 Jan 2021

Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

India must get its manufacturing policy right this time

4 min read . 22 Dec 2020

Faridabad: Tata truck showroom (Mint)

The learning factories that India needs for rapid industrialization

4 min read . 21 Oct 2020

Sumant Moolgaonkar (left) with J.R.D. Tata. Courtesy: Penguin Random House India

How the greatest leader J.R.D. Tata nurtured proved his worth

5 min read . 20 Oct 2020

The pandemic seems to have exposed structural weaknesses of the Indian economy and revived old debates about what’s best, with globalization back in focus as a point of contention.

Opinion | The great scramble of millions to board India’s economic bus

4 min read . 23 Jul 2020