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Gold may glitter, but being tied to it would be ruinous
Vembu •The chatter of voices clamouring for a return to the gold standard is becoming louder. Yet, for all the flaws of today's ultra-loose monetary policy, a gold-based currency system is fraught with many perils.
Suparinomics: why rural India doesn't fret over food prices
Manika •Reading the paan stains in India-that-is-Bharath tells us that discretionary spending in rural India is up, thanks to a better crop last year, and the fruits of wage-driven anti-poverty schemes.
When economists fight, there's blood on the spreadsheets...
Vembu •Why economists seem never to agree, and why everyone loves to hate Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman... Watch Bonus hip-hop video of economists Keynes vs Friedrich Hayek.
How Coke and Pepsi fake it in China: with shrinking sizes
Vembu •What smaller bottles say about the 'politics of price rise' in China.
False economics: Why JP Morgan is wrong about iPhone 5
Fp Staff •The iPhone 5 may not have a turbocharge effect on the US economy, as an analyst claims. It could, however, bring pure joy to Apple fanboys for whom the smartphone is a reward in itself.