The Indian Economy in A Tailspin*

Sep 24th 2018, Prabhat Patnaik

A combination of direct import controls on inessential items, reduction of petro-product prices, measures for reducing the consumption of such products, and direct taxation, especially on wealth, is the obvious way of getting out of the tailspin in which the Indian economy is currently caught. There is no alternative to these measures if we are to avoid the fate of countries that eventually run to the IMF and get caught in the vice-like grip of "austerity".
    
* This article was originally published in The People's Democracy on September 23, 2018.


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