Commentary
A decade of op-eds, essays, podcasts, and broadcast commentary by Partha Chatterjee on the economy, policy, and the future of higher education.
I write and speak for a wider public — op-eds, essays, podcasts, and television — on the economy, on policy, and on the future of education. Browse by topic below.
Op-ed · The Economic Times
FM, It's Truly a Capital Idea
For sustained, inclusive growth, the government must press down on both pedals — physical and human capital. · 2024
PodcastIndia's Missing Middle Is Holding Back ProsperityThe Core · with Puja Mehra · 2026
Op-edThe Hedge That's Quietly BreakingFortune India · 2026
Op-edExcluding MSMEs from the Internship Scheme: A Missed OpportunityBusiness World · 2024
Op-edAI Makes Learning Faster — But Is It Making Thinking Harder?Hindustan Times · 2026
PodcastHow India's Economy Workswith Puja Mehra · 2026
TVIndia's Startup Gap with China is StructuralCNBC-TV18 · 2025
Op-edRisk Sharing Can Deliver Inclusive Economic GrowthMint · 2025
Op-edBudget 2025: The Balancing ActFinancial Express · 2025
Op-edBudget 2025: Growth and SustainabilityFirstpost · 2025
Op-edTariff War: India's Choices and the World OrderFinancial Express · 2025
Op-edTrump and the Global Order360info · 2025
PodcastDecoding the 2025 Nobel in EconomicsThe Hindu · In Focus · 2025
TVTrump's Tariffs and India's ChoicesBusiness Today · BBC News · 2025
Op-edThe 2025 Budget and India's Education Imperative2025
TVIs BRICS+ Anti-American?BBC News · 2025
Op-edWhy Central Banks Are Unlikely to Cut Rates So SoonCNBC-TV18 · 2024
Op-edIndia Spends Too Little on Education2024
Op-edWhy the Fed is Right in Hiking RatesThe Hindu BusinessLine · 2023
TVIndia's GDP, Live on AirBBC World News · 2023
EssayThe Promise and Peril of Generative AI2023
EssayRobert Lucas, the Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionised MacroeconomicsMint · 2023
EssayShaping the Future with Trust and ConnectednessEAIE · 2023
TVBudget 2023 and the Education SectorZee Business · 2023
Op-edKnee-Jerks Will Be InjuriousThe Economic Times · 2022
Op-edFreebies: What Should a Government Provide?The Times of India · 2022
Op-edBudget 2022 Does Nothing to Alleviate the Problem of Skewed Income DistributionMoneyControl · 2022
Op-edInflation: Stay the CourseMoneyControl · 2022
Op-edComments on Global Inflation and the RBIThe Telegraph · 2022
Op-edEducating India's Youth is a Global Imperative2022
Op-edCan Manufacturing Be the Messiah? India's Path to 2050CNBC-TV18 · 2021
EssayAsia: Up for Change?Next Trend Asia · 2022
Op-edWhat the Budget Can Do to Revive GrowthBusiness Standard · 2021
Op-edGlobalisation of Inflation and Monetary Policy MakingThe Times of India · 2022
Op-edThe Second Wave and the Indian EconomyThe Hindu BusinessLine · 2021
Op-edWhy India is Losing its Grip over CovidThe Hindu BusinessLine · 2021
Op-edBudget 2020: Fuelling Economic GrowthBusiness Today · 2020
Op-edHow the Financial Sector Will Shape Up in 2021The New Indian Express · 2020
EssayDavos 2020: The Next DecadeFinancial Express · 2020
Op-edThe Measure of a LockdownIndia Today · 2020
Op-edQuestion of Existence: Solvency, Not Liquidity, Should Be the Core of Policy Response for MSMEsThe Economic Times · 2020
Op-edSocial Protection and the Global Pandemic2020
Op-edThe Future of Work From Home2020
Op-edNew Education Policy Gives Pride of Place to Research in UniversitiesThe Hindu BusinessLine · 2020
Op-edThe Draft NEP and the Classification of UniversitiesBusiness World · 2020
Op-edCan We Prevent the Economic Flood?The Economic Times · 2019
Op-edUnion Budget 2019: What Might Shape the EconomyBusiness Today · 2019
Op-edThe Need for Economic Power in an Era of Trade WarFinancial Express · 2019
Op-edCapacity and Quality of Higher Education Must Be TransformedMoneycontrol · 2019
Op-edClarity Begins at HomeThe Economic Times · 2019
Op-edReforms: Past, Present and Future2018
Op-edGlobalization, Protectionism and GrowthThe Economic Times · 2018
Op-edShocks and Policies: The Year Ahead2017
Op-edGST, the States, and the Federal BargainThe Economic Times · 2017
Op-edBad Decisions and Bad DebtQrius · 2016
EssayThe World After Trump and BrexitBusiness Insider · 2016
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