Economic and Political Weekly: Table of Contents

 

Vol. 56, Issue No. 51, 18 Dec, 2021

Editorials

States’ Debt Burden Surges to a 15-year High

Comment

The Geopolitics of the Democracy Summit

Atul Bhardwaj

From the Editor's Desk

Farmers’ Protests: The Moral Hegemony

From 50 Years Ago

From 50 Years Ago: Planning Commission: Abdicating a Distinct Role?

Law and Society

Denying Choice, Defying Precedent - The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019

Alok Prasanna Kumar

Commentary

COVID-19: Reinforcing the ‘Technical Fix’ and Distorting Public Health in India

Indira Chakravarthi, Imrana Qadeer

Fifteenth Finance Commission’s Recommendations on Local Bodies - Far too Many Concerns

G R Reddy

Hospitalised Care among Larger States - Evidence from National Sample Surveys (2004–18) on Comparative Expenditure

Srinadh Ranganadham, Jeetendra Yadav

Book Reviews

Misogyny and Bar Ban

Pratiksha Baxi

Competing Frameworks of Economic Thought

Rahul Menon

Insight

Why India Needs a Coal Mines Environment Authority

Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha, Hippu Salk Kristal Nathan, R Srikanth

Special Articles

Adequacy of Social Assistance Schemes during the COVID-19 Lockdown - Evidence from Delhi Slums

Saudamini Das, Ajit Mishra

Suicide by Maharashtra Farmers - The Signs of Persistent Agrarian Distress

Dnyandev C Talule

Non-communicable Diseases and Their Macroeconomic Impact in India

Arunika Agarwal, Alyssa Lubet, Simiao Chen, Alexander Khoury, David E Bloom

Documenting Ideas

Agro-food Systems and Public Policy for Food and Agricultural Markets - A Discussion

Barbara Harriss-White, Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Current Statistics

Current Statistics

Letters

An Affirmative Standard of Consent

Merilin Jacob

Improving the Quality of Teaching

Parameswaran K