Ponzi Budget

“The word Ponzi comes from Charles Ponzi, an American-Italian, whoin the year 1919, promised to double investors money in 45 days. What heessentially did was to create an illusion of a successful business by using themoney brought in by new investors to pay off the old investors. Essentially,the capital of the scheme was used to pay interest as well as repay the moneyinvested. This is what is happening with most governments the world over now,including the Government of India.” 

Liberal economist Dr Ashok V. Desai says: "The finance minister has chosen to tax gold. This in my view is stupid; gold is so easy to smuggle that taxing it will collect no revenue and revive gold smuggling"

Surjit Bhalla argues that...the impression that après moi, le deluge , then he must seethat disaster has struck the Indian economy, and he has been able to doprecious little about it. Maybe he has even caused it? Time for the PM to go —mid-term polls, anyone?

May be, this is the time to ponder whether you were in the domain of " Eternal Optimist (EO) and a somewhat older Consistent Realist (CR)"

Supply side economics or sideline the economics of supply side

The nine Budgets that the UPA government has presented so far read like the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire.