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Article · 27 Sept 2026Migration, Markets and Kerala’s Missing OptionsWhen compelling opportunities at home are scarce, improve second-best options will be keyArticle · 13 Sept 2026More Growth is Welcome, More Swadeshi-ness is NotGDP growth is one of the most successful poverty alleviation initiatives we can adoptArticle · 30 Aug 2026Public Sector Enterprises and Creative DestructionWhy do perpetually loss-making public enterprises continue to exist, while loss-making private firms die?Article · 16 Aug 2026Our Dream Policy Reforms - 2026Taking stock of our dream policy suggestions last year and building a new set of dream policy reformsArticle · 2 Aug 2026The CJP Protest-win May not be all Good News for the OppositionWith the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) announced the withdrawal of its agitation on July 25th.Article · 30 Apr 2026Rethinking the Vote: Does the Electoral System Shape our Democracy?From First Past the Post to Ranked Choice Voting - how systems can influence representation, polarisation, and participation.Article · 18 Apr 2026Clientelism in Kerala PoliticsIdeological convergence and the persistence of political exchange in KeralaArticle · 8 Apr 2026From Tehran to ColomboWhy regime change without institutions can lead to cycles of instabilityArticle · 15 Feb 2026On Indian CitiesDiscussing the importance of cities and the need for more focused policies to solve its problemsArticle · 28 Dec 2025മലയാളംശ്രീനിവാസൻ ഓവർട്ടൺ വിൻഡോ നീക്കിയതെങ്ങനെശ്രീനിവാസൻ കേരളത്തില&#3398…Article · 28 Dec 2025How Sreenivasan Shifted the Overton WindowTribute to Malayalam filmmaker Sreenivasan and discussing what he did for Kerala's societyArticle · 27 Dec 2025മലയാളംദീപാവലിയും സർക്കാർ-സമൂഹ സംഘർഷവുംസാമൂഹിക പ്രശ്നങ്ങളുട&#3398…Article · 23 Nov 2025Diwali and the State-Society TussleUnderstanding the failure of state regulations in the context of social issuesArticle · 22 Nov 2025മലയാളംസാമ്പത്തികശാസ്ത്രത്തിനുള്ള നോബലും കേരളത്തിനുള്ള പാഠങ്ങളുംസാമ്പത്തികശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ 2025ല&#3398…Article · 19 Oct 2025The Economics Nobel and Lessons for KeralaUnderstanding the works of the 2025 Nobel laureates in Economics and drawing lessons from them for KeralaArticle · 8 Oct 2025മലയാളംകേരളത്തിൻറെ AI നിമിഷംകേരളം AI എങ്ങനെ കൈകാര്യ&#3330…Article · 5 Oct 2025Kerala Should Seize its AI MomentAnalysing how Kerala should manage AI integration and create policies to maximise the potential of this technologyArticle · 19 Sept 2025മലയാളംആക്സിലറേറ്റിംഗ് ഇന്ത്യാസ് ഡെവലപ്മെൻ്റ്കാർത്തിക് മുരളീധരൻറ&#3398…Article · 7 Sept 2025Accelerating India's DevelopmentReflections on Karthik Muralidharan’s BookArticle · 6 Sept 2025മലയാളംഞങ്ങളുടെ സ്വപ്ന നയ പരിഷ്‌കാരങ്ങൾസ്വാതന്ത്ര്യദിനത്തോടനുബന്ധിച&#34…Padayatra comic cover: a bearded man whose glasses reflect a protest and a handshakeComicPadayatra, Chapter 1: TradeoffsA public policy journey, one panel at a time. The first chapter is about tradeoffs: every choice a government makes gives something up.