• "Contracting a case of excess", The Hindu, 13 October 2016. On Holmstrom and Hart, Nobel winners in 2016.
• "A bid too far", Business Today, 3 July 2016. The government's increasing use of auctions to sell natural resources does lead to fair pricing and transparency. But it has limitations.
• "Not a zero sum game", Business Today, 22 May 2016. The revised thresholds for M&A notification will reduce the cost of doing business. But the competition regulator needs to increase its focus on investigative work.
• "Stop the money spill", Business Today, 24 April 2016. The central government should adopt IT-enabled processes to save more money and borrow less.
• "The Great Indian Skilling Challenge", Business Today, 27 March 2016. To meet skill targets and its ultimate objectives, the government has to turn attention back to the economy.
• "Set, game and match", Financial Express, 17 March 2016. On the passing of Lloyd Shapley, game theorist.
• "A Prize for the science in social science", Financial Express, 15 October 2015. On Angus Deaton - the 2015 Nobel Prize winner.
• "The world needs a new Nash equilibrium", Financial Express, 25 May 2015. On the passing of John Forbes Nash Jr.
• "A Prize to put regulators to work", Indian Express, 15 October 2014. On Jean Tirole - the 2014 Nobel Prize winner.
• "The maths behind a comedy", Business Standard, 16 January 2014. Review: The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh.
• "Divining stock price forecasts", Financial Express, 16 October 2013. On the 2013 Nobel Prize winners.
• "A look at some of India's biggest problems", Sunday Guardian, 15 December 2012. Review: Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India, Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya.
• "A Prize for matchmaking", Hindu Business Line, 17 October 2012. On the 2012 Nobel Prize winners.
• "Says money to power, pass my bills and I'll pay yours", Sunday Guardian, 29 January 2012. Review: The Price of Civilization, Jeffrey Sachs.
• "Gurus of macroeconomics", Hindu Business Line, 12 October 2011. On the 2011 Nobel Prize winners.
• "Economics for the layman", The Sunday Guardian, 1 May 2011. Review: An Economist's Miscellany, Kaushik Basu.
• "A good climate for technology", Mint, 24 August 2009. India need not wait for an international treaty to move towards cleaner technologies.
• "Integrating factors", Business Standard, 17 April 2009. Political radicalism in India remains at the fringes because we are largely an open society.
• "Shock and alter", Business Standard, 20 March 2009. If we are not careful, changes in incentives to save could sharply reduce aggregate savings and investment.
• "Value versus legitimacy", Business Standard, 30 May 2007. The rise of an unofficial market for higher education in India.

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