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* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Ahead of summit, more than 100 economists call on G7 countries to commit to shift their finance out of all fossil fuels this year, to enable a green pandemic recovery On June 11-13, world leaders will gather at the G7 summit. There, they plan to adopt an agenda to “build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future”. We, the undersigned economists, believe that this means decisively shifting finance out of fossil fuels, and into clean alternatives worldw...

An issue of lives versus livelihoods Updated: Updated: May 04, 2021 23:31 IST That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent Share Article AAA That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent Strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again, this time in April 2021, terminating jobs in many an establishment employing large numbers of informal workers. Of those employed in the informal category, large numbers include migrants who face, like they did in March-Apr...

Financial boom at a time of economic stagnation Updated: Updated: The paradox becomes clearer by recognising the circuit of financial flows beyond the real economy Share Article The paradox becomes clearer by recognising the circuit of financial flows beyond the real economy Divergences between the booming financial and the stagnant real sectors, which appear rather confounding as well as disconcerting, warrant an explanation. Enumerating the facts in India’s major secondary stock market, the Sensex (the benchmark index of the BSE Limited, or formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.) has ...