On 8th November, PM Modi announced demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000. Here is a selection of articles by various economists and commentators on this big decision.
- Demonetization – Witless and Anti People by Prabhat Patnaik in Citizen
-
Surgical strike on old Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes by Ajay Shah in his blog
-
NDA Demonetises Rs 500 And Rs 1,000: Modi’s Surgical Strike Against Black Money Stuns All by R .Jagannathan in Swarajya
-
Here’s What Raghuram Rajan Thinks Of Currency Demonetisation in Huffington Post
- Introduction Of Rs. 2,000 Notes A Puzzle: P. Chidambaram in NDTV
-
Note demonetisation: 86% of Indian currency has been frozen overnight by Anupam Gupta in Scroll
- India’s ill-timed paper chase by Andy Mukherjee in Bloomberg
- Modi move a huge blow to purchasing power, may backfire on PM : Swaminathan Aiyar in ET
- How long India will get all its cash back – Sahil Kini in LinkedIn
- Demonetisation : we are paying the price for loving cash too much – R.Jagannathan in Swarajya
- Theatrics on Black Money : EPW
- No proof required : Big Bang or Big Thud : Surjit Bhalla in Indian Express
- Wealth transfer from rich to poor : Bibek Debroy in NDTV
- You have been warned : Pratap Bhanu Mehta in Indian Express
- Demonetization is a hollow move : Pronab Sen in Mint
- Even as world changes under Trump, India’s currency shortage will stay for months : Saumitra Chaudhuri in Economic Times
- Wiping India’s blackened face : Gautam Pingle in New Indian Express
- Committing suicide also radical, says Arun Shourie on notes ban in NDTV
- Demonetisation to drag down FY18 Growth to 5.8 % : Ambit Capital in Mint
- Demonetisation is a game changer : Deepak Parekh in Quint
- Most sweeping change in currency policy in the world – Larry Summers and Natasha Sarin in his blog
- India’s currency exchange and the curse of cash – Kenneth Rogoff in his blog
- Demonetization in a booming economy is like shooting at the tyres of a racing car – Jean Dreze in Economic Times
-
Former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy on Black Money, Tax Evasion and Lawlessness in India – YV Reddy in The Wire
- Six battlefronts for the war on corruption– Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah in Mint
-
The cashless economy of Chikalthana – P.Sainath in PARI
- Purging the poor – Mukul Kesavan in The Telegraph
-
The chattering classes just don’t get this surgical strike – Swapan Dasgupta in TOI
- 10 Pieces That Dissect Threadbare Demonetisation And Its Aftermath – Huffingtonpost
- Demonetisation: The good, the bad and the ugly – Montek S.Ahluwalia in Mint
-
Revenge No Development Strategy: Populist nationalism cannot paper over economic chaos unleashed by demonetisation drive – Ruchir Sharma in ToI
- Subir Gokarn hails monetisation, needs to be done frequently – Economic Times
- S.Gurumurthy explains why demonetisation was needed and how it will help the India growth story – Swarajyamag
For following all the news and views as it is happening on demonetization, you can also follow the Liveblog in Medianama.
[…] The link to the earlier Linkfest on Demonetisation is here.Link […]