IN THIS EPISODE

Amid concerns over increasing economic inequalities across the world, Visiting Professor at NCAER Shekhar Aiyar cautions against protectionism and turning away from the liberal economic order. Instead, he calls for a focus on measures like universal basic income, wage insurance, unemployment assistance and high-quality schooling and health care.

Guest: Prof Shekhar Aiyar, Visiting Professor at NCAER, Non-Resident Fellow at Bruegel and Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. Host: Prof Udaibir Das, Visiting Professor, NCAER.