Workers’ Union Push at Samsung: A Clash of Cultures and Economic Realities
Protests at Samsung's Tamil Nadu plant highlight workers' push for unionisation, but South Korean management resists, influenced by their country's historical context.
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
US Fed Cuts Rates by 50 Basis Points: Impact on IPO Frenzy and Corporate Culture Concerns
The death of a young chartered accountant at EY brings attention back to corporate managers wielding unbridled power.
India’s Financial Landscape Post-US Rate Cut: Investment Opportunities and Risks
How should Indian monetary authorities respond, when the US Fed cuts rates, as it is widely expected to? Respond in kind or hold tight till any resultant financial turbulence is over? Cutting the repo rate or raising it is much of a muchness, and the most constructive response on the part of the RBI would be to let go of the government bond market and let Sebi regulate it, along with other securities.
Pet Politics and Racial Paranoia: Trump’s Immigrant Myths and Harris’ Missed Opportunities
Harris did not try to educate her voters. She blamed Trump for killing a bipartisan Immigration Bill
Sitaram Yechury: A Leader Who Arrived Too Late
Indian communism was at the crossroads in 1992 when the world changed. If Yechury, the communist who got it, had been given leadership then, Indian politics may have had a different trajectory
Beyond Fiscal Measures: Catastrophe Bonds as a Key to India’s Disaster Recovery Strategy
TK Arun There is a strong case for augmenting the recovery and reconstruction funds with extra-fiscal finance, funds mobilized through risk transfer mechanisms similar to insurance, tapping the risk appetite of investors with large and diverse portfolios of investments, who…