Shruti Rajagopalan

A fantastic essay by my @mercatus colleague @ebwhamilton for @WorksInProgMag on how DC densified, and thereby avoided the kind of price rise experienced in other cities like SF, NYC and LA.

Oh boy. I don’t know where to even start on this tweet. For now let me just point to some readings on the topic that get Hayek right. 1. Excellent paper by @PeterBoettke and Rosolino Candela on the infeasibility of technosocialism.

The one thing everyone should read about the Maharashtra legislature crisis. Excellent post by @gautambhatia88 👇

Excellent thread on Padma Desai’s work and life 👇

This is an excellent paper using a whole new set of resources and archives to study constitution making. Rohit and Ornit, can’t wait for the book!

Also read this wonderful essay by my colleagues @kadambari_shah and @shreyas_nl documenting Padma Desai's (and Isher Judge-Ahluwalia and Sudha Shenoy) contributions to what eventually culminated in the 1991 reforms.

And her excellent survey article on Soviet reforms and transition.

Another one of my favorite Desai books is Perestroika in Perspective: The Design and Dilemmas of Soviet Reform

Just incredible to have a chance to meet and speak with @BDUTT. Everyone must read #HumansOfCovid. It’s our collective grief, our stories through the pandemic told in the most empathetic and accessible way. Thank you, Barkha, for everything you do.

Fantastic essay by my colleague Shreyas Narla @shreyas_nl on the first generation of female economists working on liberal ideas for the Indian economy. Featuring the journeys of Padma Desai, Isher Judge-Ahluwalia, and Sudha Shenoy. This is part of the 1991 Project @mercatus.