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India ranks 38 in Index of Democracy, Norway tops list
The Economist magazine's Index of Democracy 2012 ranks India 38th among 165 nations with an overall score of 7.52. #Economy #India #NewsTracker #Economist #Index of democracy #rank 38 #populous democracy
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Indian-Amercian economist Raj Chetty wins 'Baby Nobel'
Washington: A young Indian-American economist from the Harvard University has won the prestigious John Bates Clark medal, often described as the 'Baby Nobel'. #NewsTracker #Harvard #Economist #Raj Chetty #Baby Nobel
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Budget 2013: Analysts paint a cautious picture of economy
The economic survey released by the government today paints a "cautiously optimistic" picture of the economy and suggests that the government will present a fiscally prudent budget tomorrow, analysts say. #GDP #Growth #Budget2013 #Economists #Economic Survey2013
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Why 'The Economist's' 'Joy of Reading' campaign matters
With book shops closing down in hundreds, a campaign like The Economist's matters a lot. #JustSaying #The Economist
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The Economist has fired a salvo at MMS and wants Sonia and Rahul out
The Economist, a leading British newspaper has, in a stinging special report, asked for the Gandhi family to be dumped. #Sonia Gandhi #Manmohan Singh #Rahul Gandhi #The Economist
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Mediaite.comConservative So Baffled That Libertarians Would Honor Transgender Economist, He Wrote Column About It
Late this afternoon, Washington Examiner senior editorial writer Sean Higgins posted a column with the blaring headline, “Competitive Enterprise Institute to honor transgender woman at annual dinner,” expressing bewilderment at the libertarian think-tank #Competitive Enterprise Institute #Conservative Political Action Conference #Rand Paul
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Economic TimesMiddle class, help the behavioural economist
Do consumers buy more when faced with fewer options, as some studies have shown? Are they swayed by uninformative advertising? Is the love of metallic scalp massagers a purely American phenomenon or a global one? To address such questions, behavioural ec #India
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Westfair OnlineEconomist scans forest, sees trees
For many, the cloak of abstractness fell from economics in autumn 2008. Markets cratered and firms and family houses cratered with them. News reports dredged up President Harry Truman and his plea for a one-armed economist so there could be no “on the ot #Harry Truman #Alaska #Europe