Yamini Aiyar
@AiyarYamini
State capacity, social policy, federalism, politics. All tweets in personal capacity
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02-04-2020 01:06:19
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Against the backdrop of the ongoing discussion on inequality and redistribution, re-upping a recent interview with Rohan Venkat as part of the CASI series on how the inequality debate has shaped contours of India's emerging welfare state
Ideas of India: 2024 Campaign ?
suhas palshikar highlights the differences b/w the Congress and BJP campaign - the two registers are speaking about two very different ideas of India, and the contrast has become sharper.
theindiaforum.in/politics/campa…
On this week #GrandTamasha , Maitreesh Ghatak joins me to talk about poverty and inequality trends in India. While we did not plan it this way, I suppose it's good timing given the raging debate about an inheritance tax: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the-g…
On the second of our CASI Election Conversations 2024, we speak to Yamini Aiyar on
*The BJP's 'techno-patrimonial' welfare state
*The shift from a 'rights-based paradigm'
*The creation of a 'labharthi varg' (beneficiary class)
casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/election-c…
This poignant, moving, heartfelt piece by Rajendran Narayanan .... scroll.in/article/106594…
My essay in Foreign Affairs on how growing public and elite nationalism in rising powers can produce self-defeating foreign policy risks. This was as true of the United States in the 19th century as it is of India today.
foreignaffairs.com/india/hindu-na…
Good menaka doshi look at India’s FDI puzzle. It’s something Pranjul Bhandari spoke about on #GrandTamasha this week as well: bit.ly/3VDsdAf
