Q: Why is no one talking about Jobs?
Q: Why is no one talking about Jobs? A: Because there aren’t any. Sample these statistics: Each 1% in GDP growth creates 1.5m direct jobs  & 3 times as many indirect jobs. A 1%...
Category: Indian Economy
The nonsense about the “Hindu Rate of Growthâ€..
This is a short, hurried and somewhat angry post. A few hours back, I was alerted by Gopi-ji to a couple of headlines from two well-known newspapers. The first from Mail Today read “Back to...
4 Lakh illegal rickshaws, 6 Lakh illegal vendors and Why Politics Matters – even to Entrepreneurs
In an earlier post on entrepreneurship, I mentioned how “the “burden†of government can be very heavy – which is why it takes 11 steps on an average, to start a business in India....
Of Islamic VC Funds and Christian Chambers of Commerce
Hidden among the news of last few days was an innocuous and brief report which I am certain most of you missed. It talked about an “Excellence Award†for 2012 that was bestowed upon...
The coming Jobs War & and my own tiny effort: introducing Illuminate!
A few days back, I stumbled on this NYT Op-Ed by Charles Blow in which he talked about “The Coming Jobs War” – the new book by Gallup Chairman, Jim Clifton.  Mr Blow wrote (emphasis...
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