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the single most important task in management is to pick good deputies,
The government will need to withdraw from occupying the commanding heights of the economy, confining itself to providing public goods and the governing framework, and leaving economic activity to the people.
Any public job involves both undue praise and unfair criticism. It is human nature to think the latter dominates the former.
Although there might be long-term benefits, I felt the likely short-term economic costs would outweigh them, and felt there were potentially better alternatives to achieve the main goals.
primary role of the RBI as preserving the purchasing power of the rupee, but we have two other important mandates; inclusive growth and development, as well as financial stability.
On the retail side, I particularly want to emphasize the use of the unique identity, Aadhaar, in building individual credit histories. This will be the foundation of a revolution in retail credit.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too:
Policy making is about deciding in the face of uncertainty, after weighing the alternatives as best as one can.
Autobiographies are always written as if the author had it all mapped out with perfect foresight, ignoring the risks and uncertainties at that time.
Policy making invariably involves taking measured risks in the face of uncertainty, for one has neither a prior template nor the luxury of indecision.
miasma
‘You can fool all the people some of the time’,
ambit.
doctrinaire
commensurate
pernicious
inured
caveat,
arbitrage
modicum
onerous
‘We have all been hacked, the only question is whether you know it or you don’t’.
remunerative
itinerant
usurious
ferret
rapacious,
moratorium
holistic
ombudsman
draconian
stymie
acquiescing
contrite
aspersions
Appellate
lamented
recalcitrant
conscientious
refute
incipient
cessation
fungible,
venal
patronage
recourse
monopolistic
surly
vitiated.
oligarchies