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  • Economic entry barriers

    In a recent chat with Abhijit Banerjee (enabled by visit days of the university – and not because I have a direct line to Nobel laureates), he remarked to me that “economists aren’t great communicators of economic ideas, and great communicators of economic ideas are not economists”. He also went on to point out that…

  • The MSQE advantage

    After yet another great PhD admit season for MSQE students, I’ve found myself wondering what enables ISI to keep placing its students so well. We’ve seen top 15 admits for three students, and two more have received top 30 offers; while this is quite normal for ISI, others, like DSE, manage such numbers in total…

  • On inequality

    Inequality is an unavoidable consequence of human society. One section of society shall always be more advantaged than the other. This does not justify inequality, but rather, provides one with a starting point to arrive at the best method to combat it. Inequality may reveal itself in a host of forms in multiple domains of…