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December 3, 2019 "It's Not Hard to Believe that India's Consumption Expenditure Has Fallen", 'The Wire', December 23, 2019 "What makes doing business easier", 'The Hindu', November 6, 2019 "Financial stability and the RBI", 'The Hindu', October 15, 2019 "Bigger is Not Necessarily Better", 'The Hindu', December 3, 2019 "The perils of RBI's fixation on inflation", 'The Hindu', January 17, 2020 "A government that is clueless on the economy", 'The Hindu', February 2, 2020 "Modinomics in a spot of bother as growth slows in India", invited, 'East Asia Forum', March 4, 2020 "Nirmala Sitharaman should remember that a stimulus delayed is a quick recovery denied", 'The Wire', April 9, 2020 "India needs a strong fiscal stimulus", 'Hindustan Times', April 15, 2020 "Amend the FRBM Act, spend more", 'Hindustan Times', April 30, 2020 "After COVID-19: Potential Challenges for Kerala's Economy", 'Ala', Issue 20, April 30, 2020 "Financing the COVID-19 economic package", 'Hindustan Times', May 14, 2020 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