Series
Some questions need more than one article. Each series follows a single question across several pieces, in the order they were published.
Testing India’s subsidies
Semiconductors, AI compute, minerals, green hydrogen, small hydro and factory power: what each subsidy should be made to deliver.
2 parts · 6 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026The economics of strategic dependence
Where India depends on a single foreign supplier for something it cannot easily replace, and what it costs to build an alternative: critical minerals, battery materials and the inputs that sit behind them.
6 parts · 26 Dec 2025 – 11 Nov 2026India’s trade deals
India’s agreements with the UK, EU, New Zealand, the US and Russia, each judged by whether firms can actually use them.
7 parts · 13 Mar 2026 – 16 Oct 2026The 2026 oil shock
How a spike in crude ran through India’s inflation target, monetary policy, fuel taxes, reserves and the rupee in 2026.
3 parts · 17 Apr 2026 – 18 Sep 2026Reading India’s jobs data
What the monthly labour surveys and payroll data can and cannot tell us about work in India.
2 parts · 14 Apr 2021 – 15 Aug 2021Climate activism
A critical look at the public faces of the climate movement.
3 parts · 5 Jun 2021 – 15 Jul 2021Crypto and state money
How cryptocurrency works, and why governments are building digital currencies of their own.
3 parts · 17 May 2021 – 18 May 2021Greece’s economy
Why Greece’s recession outlasted every other in modern history: structure, investment and the labour market.
4 parts · 19 Jul 2020 – 20 Jul 2020India’s 2020 slowdown
The four components of India’s GDP in mid-2020: consumption, investment, exports and government spending.