Interview On PBS Newshour
Why the new global wealth of educated women spurs backlash
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Why the new global wealth of educated women spurs backlash
"Bhalla's book is short and the arguments are expressed in simple, bold strokes. Sometimes his writing comes across a bit too breezy, but it is never superficial. He has a good sense of humour as well as knowledge of films...
In this thought-provoking book, Surjit Bhalla contends that education is the new wealth of nations. Through a series of compelling arguments, anecdotes, studies, calculations, tables, and charts, this book offers insights into the definitions of the poor, the middle class,...
At this event, Surjit Bhalla will be discussing from his recent book The New Wealth of Nations. He argues that today, over 70 per cent of the world’s middle class reside in the erstwhile poor countries; world income inequality is...
The under-appreciated economic miracle of education in Asia and beyond The emerging world was poor and illiterate just forty years ago. Today, over 70 per cent of the global middle class resides in the erstwhile poor countries. Much more than...
The best tax policy for the taxman is one that maximizes tax revenue, and not one that maximizes his morality, or his employment, or his discretionary powers.
With the government swimming in tax revenues, it makes little economic, or revenue, sense to reintroduce the long term capital gains tax after a hiatus of 14 years. Why?!
India can, and must, reform its welfare system for a transforming India – more efficient redistribution is desirable for both ethical, and political, reasons.
The implied savings estimates for India, derived from his calculations of income distribution, do not conform to any known model of savings behaviour
A direct outcome of demonetisation is a sharp increase in 2017-18 in tax buoyancy (revenues per unit of growth). Given this ‘unexpected’ result, will the knee-jerk critics of demonetisation please stand down?