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How to fix Delhi’s air pollution disaster
Openness to diverse sources of expertise and rigorous testing of ideas before scaling up might be the key to fix Delhi’s hazardous air, writes Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh.
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India’s Goldilocks economy
India can’t be complacent, writes Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Signh. An 8% growth rate maintained over the next two decades will be transformative, but policies still need to be enacted or modified.
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Nobel nod to innovation drivers
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh writes that this year’s Nobel Prize in economics provides a reminder of the importance of innovation for material progress and that of openness and competition for innovation.
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India in the cross hairs
In an opinion article, Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh argues that India should view the latest U.S. move on H-1B visas as a wake-up call to work on becoming a global skilling hub.
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Don’t rise to any bait from Trump
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh argues that following China’s example in building human capital and knowledge capital is India’s best defense against pettiness & narcissism.
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Framing India’s 2047 goals
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article arguing for careful decentralization of India’s government in order to reduce distorted incentives related to the way India’s democracy functions.
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From rules-based negotiation to alpha male tactics: In US-China trade war, norms take a back seat
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article about changes in U.S. trade tactics, arguing that bilateral negotiations are no longer conducted with rules in mind that require equal treatment of countries not included in the negotiations.
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An opportunity to chew on
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article about how increased iPhone production could prove to be an inflection point for India in manufacturing.
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Impact of Trump’s tariffs on India will be lower than for other countries, including China
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote about the potential impacts of new U.S. tariffs on India. Singh suspects that the tariffs are mainly an aggressive starting point for a negotiation process that will proceed bilaterally. But he says the Trump approach undermines institutions and trust.
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A major reset of higher education
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an op-ed discussing how the Trump administration’s war on universities may be a harbinger of long-run structural changes in the world order when it comes to higher education leadership and opportunity.
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Beyond staying the course
In this op-ed, Nirvikar Singh, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, argues that many policies available to the Centre (and potentially states), none radical, can even lead to faster growth in the short run while India’s demographics are still favorable.
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AI and jobs in India
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article about how acceleration of advances in AI demonstrates that the range of productive jobs and the skills needed for them in the future is much broader than what has fueled India’s growth so far.