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By Ashoka Mody - Apr 30,2024
PRINCETON — The late, sharp-witted economist Michael Mussa, my first boss at the International Monetary Fund, once told me that every statistic must pass the “smell test”.
By Ashoka Mody - Aug 02,2023
PRINCETON — In March 1985, the Wall Street Journal showered India’s new prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, with its highest praise.
By Ashoka Mody - Jul 06,2023
PRINCETON — Indian elites are giddy about their country’s economic prospects, and that optimism is mirrored abroad.
By Ashoka Mody - Feb 21,2023
PRINCETON — The town of Joshimath may be nestled 1,800 meters above sea level in the Himalayas, but it is sinking fast. In early January, large cracks split homes, hotels, and roads, leaving the town’s future hanging in the balance.
By Ashoka Mody - Nov 03,2018
BERLIN — What we care about most is often our undoing.
By Ashoka Mody - Nov 05,2016
Next year, Germany will hold a federal election, and the new Bundestag will choose the country’s next chancellor.Whether or not Angela Merkel retains the role — at the moment, things are not looking good for her or her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — one thing is certain: Germ
By Ashoka Mody - Feb 09,2016
Last April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that the world economy would grow by 3.5 per cent in 2015.
By Ashoka Mody - Jun 15,2015
Two hundred years ago this month, at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at the hands of an allied army, led by the Duke of Wellington, reshaped Europe’s future.Britain may now be poised to do so once again.The United Kingdom, whose new majority Conservative gover


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