Articles by Jayant Bhandari




India: On a Downward Spiral

I write for Acting Man about India’s continuing descent after demonetization and why the currency ban has exposed deeper cultural, institutional, and political problems.


India’s Demonetization and Fake News

I join Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss India’s demonetization, fake news, propaganda, and why the currency ban exposed deeper cultural and institutional problems.



India’s War On Cash

In this discussion with Financial Repression Authority, I give an update on India’s demonetization and explain how the war on cash is damaging India’s informal economy, increasing corruption, and expanding arbitrary state power.


Modi’s Great Leap Forward

In this Acting-Man article, I continue my analysis of India’s demonetization and explain why Modi’s war on cash is increasing state power, damaging the informal economy, and exposing India’s institutional decay.


India’s Orwellian Turn

In this discussion with Maurice Jackson of Proven & Probable, I discuss India’s demonetization, growing financial repression, the rise of an Orwellian society, and why gold remains important.


India’s False China Dream

In this interview with Rachel Lee of SmallCapPower at Mines and Money London, I explain why India is not going to become the next China. Western observers often view India through a lens of wishful…