Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
Research Fellow
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar is Cato’s research fellow with a special focus on India and Asia. His research interests include economic change in developing countries, human rights and civil strife, political economy, energy, trade and industry. He is a prolific columnist and TV commentator in India, well-known for a popular weekly column titled "Swaminomics" in the Times of India. He has been the editor of India's two biggest financial dailies, The Economic Times and Financial Express, and was also the India correspondent of The Economist for two decades. He has frequently been a consultant to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Swami spends part of the year in India and part in the USA. He holds a Master's degree in economics from Oxford University, UK.
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Opinion and Commentary
"India Lets Success Happen," American Spectator (Online), July 1, 2008
"Against the Grain," American Spectator, June 13, 2008
"Famine Mentality in a Time of Bumper Crops," South China Morning Post, May 15, 2008
"Sliding into Recession," American Spectator (Online), April 30, 2008
"New Delhi's Food Failure," The Wall Street Journal Asia, April 28, 2008