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Rahul Jacob

Mint columnist

Rahul Jacob is a Mint columnist and a former Financial Times foreign correspondent.

ARTICLES BY RAHUL JACOB

Young people seem to be discovering cocktails and are not part of the developed world’s shift away from alcohol. (Istockphoto)

Rahul Jacob: Alcohol isn’t what it used to be but maybe that’s alright

4 min read . 18 Jun 2025

An obsession with manufacturing jobs is myopic because automation is a principal leitmotif of new factories. (AFP)

Rahul Jacob: Manufacturing is crying out for a reality check

4 min read . 04 Jun 2025

Mark Carney, leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, responded to US President Donald Trump’s verbal barrage with an aggression of his own. (Bloomberg)

Rahul Jacob: Liberals must combine compassion with aggression

4 min read . 21 May 2025

The ability to dispense investment advice with dollops of self-deprecating humour is an underappreciated aspect of why people buy Berkshire shares and keep them for their children to inherit. (File Photo: AP)

Rahul Jacob: Buffett’s retirement won’t diminish the lessons he leaves us

4 min read . 08 May 2025

Yiwu, a trading hub in south China, had ingeniously cornered the production of Trump memorabilia, ranging from baseball caps to solar-powered Trump dolls. (Bloomberg)

Rahul Jacob: Expect an early Halloween as trade scares worsen globally

4 min read . 23 Apr 2025

In 1914, John Maynard Keynes wrote an almost triumphalist ode to globalization. (Getty Images)

Rahul Jacob: Recall what Keynes and Kennan had to say

4 min read . 09 Apr 2025

Less emphasis on the PLI scheme ought to create room for a new industrial policy. (REUTERS)

Rahul Jacob: Grab the chance to reset India’s industrial policy

4 min read . 26 Mar 2025

German chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, long a fiscal conservative and leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), recently made an about-turn on the virtues of higher deficit spending. (Bloomberg)

Rahul Jacob: Global alliances have changed and so have German policies

4 min read . 12 Mar 2025

Economist Esther Duflo at Jaipur Literature Festival. (PTI)

A series of unfortunate lit fest events

7 min read . 07 Mar 2025

'Hope', Pope Francis' new autobiography, is an occasionally disjointed memoir full of inspiring stories that have the quality of religious parables. (via REUTERS)

Pope Francis inspires hope across the globe for good reason

4 min read . 26 Feb 2025

Indians deported from US brought to Ahmedabad. (PTI)

Book review: Amitav Ghosh's ‘Wild Fictions’ is a chaotic collection of writing

6 min read . 14 Feb 2025

Even the most globetrotting and good natured of business executives are guaranteed to find India’s rules and regulations bewildering. (Alamy)

Rahul Jacob: Are we destined to remain tangled up in red tape?

4 min read . 13 Feb 2025

This week’s events underline that we live in a world being remade by China and the US, for good or for ill, at a rapid pace. (Reuters)

Rahul Jacob: DeepSeek’s big AI shake-up holds policy lessons for India

4 min read . 29 Jan 2025

With India’s persistently K-shaped economy, even the silver linings come with looming clouds.

Inequality alert: India’s economy appears to be getting even more K-shaped

4 min read . 15 Jan 2025

It is hard to find articles that examine the implications of a wider dispersion of talented women in management and how well suited their skills are to the knowledge economy, (iStockphoto)

Rahul Jacob: Working for women bosses is a privilege one must treasure

4 min read . 09 Jan 2025

Coincidence and circumstance come so elegantly woven together in Manmohan Singh’s life that much of it seems a fairytale. (HT_PRINT)

The understated leadership of Manmohan Singh was rare and inspirational

4 min read . 01 Jan 2025

The weakening of institutions is a global problem, with partisan judges and investigative agencies being used to settle political scores. (AFP)

South Korea’s political drama drew global applause for good reason

4 min read . 18 Dec 2024

Our overseas guest data masks the fact that a large chunk are actually foreign citizens of Indian origin on visits to see their family.

India’s drought of foreign tourist arrivals: Is there an end in sight?

4 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Technology companies are mandated to take “reasonable steps” to prevent under-age users from using social media services or risk being fined $32 million under Australia's new rules. (AFP)

Australia’s move to keep kids off social media is worthy of emulation

4 min read . 04 Dec 2024

In no Asian capital is the gap between grim economic reality and huge economic potential so wide. (via REUTERS)

The Dissanayake administration’s challenge is to reform Sri Lanka's economy

1 min read . 20 Nov 2024