ESG Notion Goes Beyond Stakeholder Capitalism: Milind Kothari

The ESG concept is clearly facilitating in building a resilient strategy for long-term business sustenance. This intrinsic motivation eventually addresses stakeholders’ needs and, more importantly, the need of a company 

Milind Kothari - June 30, 2023

Withering Away...

"Workers of the world, unite!” Thus proclaimed the Communist Manifesto in 1848, as Marx and Engels invoked a world order where workers would take over the machinery of capitalism. A dictatorship of the proletariat! 

Suchetana Ray - May 30, 2023

E/quitable, S/ymbiotic, G/reen Capitalism

From being a craze, ESG is now the subject of eye-rolling cynicism in many quarters

Suchetana Ray - March 28, 2023

Incomplete Capitalism Holds India Back: K.V. Subramanian

K.V. Subramanian, India’s executive director at the International Monetary Fund and former chief economic adviser to the Central government, minces no words while pointing to flaws in the economic policy of pre-Narendra Modi era. However, he is optimistic about India’s growth potential amid the global slowdown and attributes the country’s stability in face of the challenges brought about by Covid-19 to its refusal to imitate others economies. In an interview with Kamalika Ghosh, he recounts the hits and misses of incumbent and earlier governments during India’s economic journey since independence

Kamalika Ghosh - January 30, 2023

Marketing The Rainbow

The increasing power of the pink economy, or rainbow capitalism, is driving even the most conservative of brands to showcase their support for the LGBTQ community either through campaigns or products. But, is it enough?

Vinita Bhatia - June 29, 2022

‘Globalisation, As We Know It, May Not Continue’

India’s chief economic adviser, V. Anantha Nageswaran speaks about the changing world order and the role capitalism plays in it. Edited excerpts:

Kamalika Ghosh - May 28, 2022

US Versus Them In A New World

Are Putin and Xi trying to displace the US from the summit of capitalist geopolitics through the Ukraine war? When capitalism is weakening, any global event involving China and Russia can pose a threat to the US hegemony

Suchetana Ray - May 27, 2022

The Humble Economist

Outgoing CEA KV Subramanian’s idea of capitalism is a marriage between the invisible hand of markets and dharma 

Kamalika Ghosh - November 28, 2021

Was Tata 'Swadeshi' Enough?

This is an extract from Mircea Raianu's Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism published by Harvard University Press

Mircea Raianu - October 01, 2021