The writer is Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, founding executive director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context. He is author of The Slow Pace of Fast Change
August 08,2020 03:22:20 AM
Bhaskar Chakravorti writes: We may all be surprised at how quickly you might exhaust the $10 billion. It’s fine as long as you don’t run out of patience.
Sat, Aug 08, 2020July 13,2020 04:05:10 AM
What can you — student, parent, well-wisher — do? Google the addresses for ICE leadership. Bang out a letter on Microsoft Word and make a PDF to ensure it will not be tampered with.
Mon, Jul 13, 2020April 07,2020 00:05:21 AM
It is about time, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/WhatsApp), Sundar Pichai (Google/YouTube), Jack Dorsey (Twitter) and Zhang Yiming (TikTok) made some tough calls, much like what their own political leaders have done.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020January 11,2020 04:40:28 AM
The first lesson you’d learn is that even the Chinese have given up on crude techniques like wholesale internet shutdowns.
Sat, Jan 11, 2020October 21,2019 02:41:25 AM
Can Jaishankar persuade the US authorities to recognise that skilled immigration restrictions may not help Americans get jobs?
Mon, Oct 21, 2019October 10,2019 02:21:06 AM
Indian millennials had been handed a political bonanza: Two terms of Modi, a leader they adore at home and in Houston; a muscular post-Article 370 India, which seems to have left a mark on relatively few millennial consciences; and demonetisation, a bad idea then, worse idea now, but popular nevertheless with the demographic.
Thu, Oct 10, 2019July 06,2019 00:20:25 AM
I would give this budget a B. Nirmala Sitharaman will get another chance next year. I worry that without bolder ideas, the colour of her packaging of this year’s budget may reflect the forthcoming financial state of the country.
Sat, Jul 06, 2019June 20,2019 00:05:14 AM
Whether you prefer to believe or dismiss Gallup, your WhatsApp feed or the government’s GDP figures, let us agree that the state of well-being of the ordinary Indian is far from ideal.
Thu, Jun 20, 2019May 23,2019 01:30:27 AM
When the warring parties are the world’s two biggest, and entangled, economies, everyone gets hurt — even in countries such as India, supposedly sitting on the sidelines.
Thu, May 23, 2019May 07,2019 01:30:19 AM
Can you hear women at polling booths, and on the Internet? The silent revolution will get noisy soon. If the #MeToo campaign teaches us anything, it is to never underestimate the power of an angry woman with a mobile phone.
Tue, May 07, 2019May 06,2019 01:30:28 AM
Can you hear women at polling booths, and on the Internet? The silent revolution will get noisy soon.
Mon, May 06, 2019March 20,2019 00:14:32 AM
Why we may need a new theory of nuclear deterrence for a post-digital age
Wed, Mar 20, 2019February 06,2019 01:14:21 AM
It fails to address dismal productivity, not just in agriculture, but across all workers.
Wed, Feb 06, 2019January 18,2019 00:48:30 AM
In the run-up to the general election, global tech companies must find ways to live with populism, pandering and paranoia.
Fri, Jan 18, 2019December 03,2018 01:15:59 AM
It is high time we held Zuckerberg and other digital dungeon masters to higher standards.
Mon, Dec 03, 2018October 19,2018 00:10:28 AM
The digital planet’s high points — US, Europe, India — are losing ground to China.
Fri, Oct 19, 2018July 17,2018 00:02:35 AM
The companies that have got us hooked must be on the hook for better solutions
Tue, Jul 17, 2018June 20,2018 00:06:49 AM
If done right, artificial intelligence can jump-start India’s productivity, help the country get out of the emerging economy trap, propel it into the ranks of nations that matter.
Wed, Jun 20, 2018March 28,2018 00:15:09 AM
Facebook has egg on its face again and this time it might stick
Wed, Mar 28, 2018February 01,2018 00:05:52 AM
The culture of contradiction infused the speeches of Modi, Trump and Xi at the World Economic Forum.
Thu, Feb 01, 2018January 22,2018 00:36:22 AM
If UID project focuses on building a trustworthy system, India could be a leader in digital innovation
Mon, Jan 22, 2018November 27,2017 00:16:54 AM
India should be rated even higher in the ease of doing business rankings the next time
Mon, Nov 27, 2017October 12,2017 00:30:03 AM
The complexity of human behaviour and systemic market factors can trip the finest economists, even Nobel laureates. Like Robert Thaler on demonetisation.
Thu, Oct 12, 2017August 22,2017 01:52:21 AM
India does not need a tryst with Trump. Why the two 70 year-olds should not meet
Tue, Aug 22, 2017June 22,2017 00:09:40 AM
There will be awkward moments but India’s PM could return as a legitimate climate superhero
Thu, Jun 22, 2017