TK Arun

TK Arun

TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.

Why trade barriers won’t bring back U.S. industrial power

US

Changes in America’s economic structure, coupled with its global dominance in the services sector, explain why manufacturing now occupies only a modest share of the nation’s GDP

The latest installment of the Make-America-Great-Again (MAGA) assault on globalised economic growth takes the form of an import duty of 100% on a segment of pharmaceuticals.

Politics as Performance: Trump’s Theatrics and India’s Petty Rivalries

politics as performance: Trump's Theatrics and India's petty rivalries

TK ARUN Trump seeks a Nobel for a hollow peace deal, while India’s cricket win turns petty—both confuse theatrics with strategy. The US government has shut down, Democrats refusing to give in to MAGA blackmail. Democrats are sticking to the…

Why Easy Lending Won’t Spark an Investment Revival

Lending

The RBI’s latest monetary policy and regulatory pronouncements are a strange mixture of caution and recklessness. The policy appreciates that with inflation depressed, not only because of well-behaved food prices but also because of deficient demand that has sent fast-moving consumer goods companies into depression, real interest rates in the economy are high.

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