Kaushik Basu warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.

Former Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu on Wednesday backed inheritance tax, saying it is needed to curb inequality in the society. He said the biggest inequalities in life occur at birth.

Former Chief Economic Advisor Professor Kaushik Basu, in his first reaction to tax relief proposed under the Budget 2025, said the Budget is flawed and will not benefit all taxpayers. He expressed ...

Former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Dr Kaushik Basu on Wednesday, May 29, claimed that India's youth unemployment rate is among the highest in the world and also urged the government to take ...

Some of India’s slowdown could be attributed to a cyclical tapering in demand after the post-pandemic recovery when the ...

Kaushik Basu 4 min read 16 Feb 2025, 01:00 PM IST Curbing inequality is not just a moral imperative; it is also necessary for protecting democracy against the threat of authoritarianism. (Sonia ...

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In these excerpts from his new book, which reads like a journal, the former chief economic advisor looks back on the time he proposed to amend India’s Prevention of Corruption Act in 2011 - when ...

“There is a vast base [of people] where recovery has not come back after the pandemic,” says Kaushik Basu, professor of economics at Cornell University. “We see this in data that the ...