Bootleggers and baptists in conservationism
India needs to design its environmental policies carefully. These should address genuine concerns without killing economic growth
View ArticleDelhi elections: BJP to lose seats in spite of improved vote share
Even an equal vote share for the BJP and the AAP results in the latter getting a comfortable majority
View ArticleWhat unites Literary Digest, Chicago Tribune and InstaVaani-Mint? Sampling bias!
The polls conducted for the Delhi assembly elections all came off horribly wrong because they were conducted on samples that were inherently biased
View ArticleConvinced of AAP’s strength, voters deliver decisive verdict
The marginal voter, who tilted towards the Congress in the 2013 elections, moved away from it to AAP in 2015 ==
View ArticleWhere does India stand in terms of tax collection?
Data on effective tax rates in 90 countries, compared with their marginal tax rates, show India in the bottom 20
View ArticleCurrency valuation: Liquidity and the Big Mac Index
The problem with a Masala Dosa index, or a Big Mac Index, or even a Butter Chicken index, is that whatever food item we choose, it is likely to be much more liquid in its home market
View ArticleDecoding the popularity of a name
Why some names are more amenable than others and what factors regulate the rise or fall in a name’s popularity
View ArticleThe lifecycle and cost of a banknote
What is the average age of Indian currency? How often are our notes retired, and what is the cost of printing?
View ArticleAnatomy of a recession
There are several ways in which money supply can be defined. Here we will look at one such definition
View ArticleWhat cross-tabulating can tell us
Reports of opinion polls seldom include insights drawn by correlating responses to two or more survey questions
View ArticleOne year on, Modi govt performance has matched expectations: Poll
Here are the results of a survey done by Mint in partnership with Ipsos on the industry’s perception of Narendra Modi’s performance
View ArticleWhat the flooding of the Nile says about the Nifty
While Nifty is positively serially correlated over the very short term, if we look at slightly longer time periods, we find that the index is actually mean reverting
View ArticleThe probability of foul play in Vyapam deaths
Analysis of deaths over the past 5 years shows the number of recent deaths linked to the case is highly unusual
View ArticleThe other lesson from the Vyapam scam
A corrupt examination system is a threat to probity in public services
View ArticleIndia’s best and worst telecom firms
A Mint-instaVaani survey shows that Aircel is India’s best telecom company, while the worst are Reliance Communications, MTNL and Idea
View ArticleUnderstanding exponential growth
Fast growth is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for growth to be called exponential. For that to happen, it should follow a specific pattern
View ArticleHow have RBI’s new rules on ATM usage affected banking?
A look at the result of the curbs on minimum number of free non-home-bank ATM transactions per month
View ArticleUsing Bayes’ Theorem to understand extreme opinions
The basic principle of Bayes’ Theorem is to take a set of ‘prior beliefs’ and see how they change in the face of given evidence
View ArticleThe lifecycle and cost of a banknote
What is the average age of Indian currency? How often are our notes retired, and what is the cost of printing?
View ArticleAnatomy of a recession
There are several ways in which money supply can be defined. Here we will look at one such definition
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