NETFLIX: CAN IT CHILL IN INDIA?

BY SHUBHAM KUMAR It isn’t a rare sight to come across a pop-cultured millennial frustrated over the absurdly plotted and forever running Indian TV shows, albeit at the same time aspiring for quality and indigenous entertainment content that can compete with the standards of international top grossers! In July 2018, Netflix dropped its first Indian

E-COMMERCE IN RURAL INDIA

BY RAHUL RANJAN & AMAN SRIVASTAVA E-commerce has been a buzz word and has impacted urban lifestyle in a significant sense. But it is ‘alleged’ that the new king of commerce sector has not catered to the needs of the rural economy in India. The question is an important one and has raised many eyebrows,

USMCA REPLACING NAFTA

BY HARSHITA BURAD   US President Donald Trump, on the campaign trail, labelled NAFTA as “the worst trade deal” ever signed by the US. Why did he say so? Why is he so keen to get it withdrawn? Is really the NAFTA to be blamed? Have you heard about the USMCA taking over NAFTA? This

THE LAMPPOST THEORY

BY SRISHTI AGRAWAL “If only”. When speaking about politicians, economists invariably turn to their patent phrase – “If only”. The tussle between economics and politics is as old as the disciplines themselves, and as constant as their existence. While speaking about the relationship between these two, Princeton economist Alan Blinder coined the phenomenon of ‘The

MONEY LAUNDERING

BY TUSHAR BAGRODIA Many of us have seen the way Skyler White launders money earned from Walter White’s drug empire by buying a car wash in “Breaking Bad”. What exactly is money laundering and why is it important from an economy’s point of view to evolve stringent laws against it? Money laundering is the concealment

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE: REPORT

‘SHOULD INDIA IMPOSE TARIFFS ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?’ BY AMAN SRIVASTAVA, ARADHANA PANDEY & DAYA NARAYAN Overview: On 12th October, The Commerce Society of Shri Ram College of Commerce organized a Round Table Conference for its members on the much-debated topic, ‘Should India impose tariffs on the United States of America?’ The participants