Urbanomics

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Tax avoidance graphic of the day!

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On the scale of tax avoidance from Martin Wolf Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations shows that US corporations report seven ...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The debate about bank privatisation

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In the context of the future of banking in India, one of the unquestioned narratives is that of privatisation. Do some big bang privatisat...
Monday, September 23, 2019

"Strategic misprepresentation" and HS2 Project

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Economist Bent Flyvbjerg has a nice phrase to explain cost over-runs in many infrastructure projects, strategic misrepresentation . It ref...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Three China Books

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The three best China economic development books I have come across. I have read two. For those in India who hanker after China, these th...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Financialisation link fest

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Rajeev Mantri's excellent collection of article references on financialisation. 1. Fractionalising home equity - Patch Homes defi...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Price-fixing in competitive markets

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The Economist points to the differences in trans-Atlantic prices in sandwiches and other lunch takeaways.  In Britain lobster rolls cos...
Friday, September 13, 2019

Financial engineering to tackle poverty?

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The development community have tried out several strategies and approaches to address persistent and critical development challenges. But ...
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