Urbanomics

Thursday, July 16, 2026

The probation problem in India's public sector

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Public recruitments come with a one- or (mostly) two-year probation period. The idea is to correct a Type I error (a false positive recruit)...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Higher FARs, but very few plots can avail them

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Many state governments in India have issued executive directions increasing the permissible Floor Area Ratios (FARs) in their cities. Howeve...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Workers and startups are helping train AI to replace them

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Data annotation work is increasingly moving up the value chain, from tagging and labelling data to replicating the work of semi-skilled (on ...
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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Weekend reading links

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1. FT long read on how senator Deborah O'Neill, as chair of the Parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, h...
Friday, July 10, 2026

The loss of financial market discipline

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This post will provide a framework for thinking about the erosion of financial market discipline.  The FT has an article on an  inflating ea...
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