The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 20, 2006

AGRICULTURE
Farmer suicides: Beyond the obvious
Extension of highly regulated institutional banking services is not the sole means of realising economic efficiency and distributive justice as far as dealings in credit markets are concerned. More

PETROLEUM
HUBERTSPEAK
Predicting the oil peak
Analysing Hubbert's predictions of peak oil, which happens when 50 per cent of recoverable oil has been produced, SHANMUGANATHAN. N and SATISH KUMAR argue that rather than quibble about the actual peak oil date, the sooner the inevitability of Hubbe rt's Peak is recognised, the better for everybody. More

EDUCATION
Poor quality of MBAs
The appalling standards of management education in hundreds of business schools throughout the country have been hotly debated, and a number of corrective measures have been suggested. Poor infrastructure, ... More

BANKING
Impending dollar crisis — Time for Bretton Woods II
The world is either to witness a global meltdown of the dollar or allow a controlled dollar devaluation. A calibrated multilateral exchange rate adjustment programme may offer a solution. The IMF may be best suited to put this through. More

STOCK MARKETS
PERSPECTIVE
Method behind market madness?
Mid-way in June, with May safely away, it may be good time to ponder over what happened that month. World over, why did all the asset markets, most visibly the equity, suddenly go topsy-turvy? Was there a method to this madness? The attack ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Search for efficiency — A war for workable workers, this!
Adding new skills may not necessarily improve the lot of the job seekers. More

LETTERS

Fuel price hike

Clarification

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