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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thewire.in | Neeraj Kaushal
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
Neeraj KaushalUpdated: Jan 18, 2025, 18:20 IST ISTBlaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement dismantles anti-immigrant rhetoric, revealing how short-term economic fears are overblown while ignoring immigration's productivity gains.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
It’s a jungle out there Neeraj KaushalProfessor, Social Policy, Columbia University, USNew York: Most people view American politics as a two-party power play, each holding a distinct economic and social ideology. Donald Trump has muddled the ideological divide and jumbled the support base of the two political parties. What does Republican Party stand for? Whose interests do the Democrats represent? These questions no longer have a straightforward answer for most American voters.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
By - Lynda Gratton, Co-chair of the World Economic Forum Council on Work, Wages and Job Creation, Professor of Management Practice
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
Recent jolts in stock markets globally have raised a trillion-dollar question: is the worst over, or yet to come? The honest answer is: we don’t know. If we knew, we would be the richest people in the world. Instead of writing this article, I’d be raking in billions in the stock market taking advantage of our knowledge.Despite the recent corrections, US stocks remain overvalued, as do Indian stocks.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
Here's a simple solution to the problem of expensive onions: replace them with dried onions for cooking. This week, dried (dehydrated) onions were available online at almost a fifth of the all-India average retail price of fresh onions. The price is likely to be even lower at your nearest grocery store.Dried onion is a win-win. It saves money, of course. It saves cooking time by at least 10%. No need to peel in the sweltering heat. When cooked, dried onion is as good as fresh.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
Americans are saddled with two inglorious presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump . Only 38% of Americans approve of Biden, and 42% approve of Trump, as per the average response that psephologist Nate Silver has computed from the polls on public approval of the two. Both have their committed core supporters.
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May 9, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
The most common commentary on the 2024 general elections is that their outcome is a foregone conclusion. It's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'guarantee' that NDA will return with 400-plus seats. Even if the outcome falls short by 100 seats, BJP will remain comfortably in power for another five years.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
• Raising the historically low workforce participation of women. It has now increased from 58% in 1991 to 75% in 2020. • Relaxing norms of retirement age and increasing overtime. Japan's male labour force participation is one of the highest in the world at 87%. Japanese people retire yet continue to work within their communities voluntarily. • The average age of taxi drivers in Japan is 59 years. • A fourth of the skilled workforce in the construction sector is older than 60.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Neeraj Kaushal
Culture is a constant, generally, but migration opens an opportunity to change. A fascinating example is Hinduism in Indonesia that south Indian traders brought to the archipelago around the first century CE. It is delightfully different from the one we practise in India, as I found in a recent visit to Indonesia. Indonesians have a caste system that is highly egalitarian. Even within the cultural boundaries of Indonesian Hinduism, women are more equal to men than they are in India.
