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Should ad durations on TV shows be halved?
Business Standard, March 28, 2012
By Pradeep S Mehta
The TV has become
both a source of news and entertainment, the foray of
advertisers in this sector has raised the ante of what
should be a reasonable amount of advertising with which the
consumer can be bombarded. The consumer cannot skip the ads
except by hitting the mute button. And in most cases, when
one tries and shifts to another similar channel, voilà, more
if not the same advertising again, and one waits patiently
or does something else…advertisers organise such collusive
practice in association with compliant TV channels. Indeed,
this should be taken up by the Competition Commission of
India.
More...
Coercion’s instrumental in sustaining cartels
Financial Express, March 26, 2012
By Pradeep S Mehta
Cartels are the most egregious
form of anticompetitive practice, wreaking great harm on the
economy. It is therefore that in many countries cartel
activity is treated as a criminal offence ending in jail
terms and fines for the executives of the colluding firms
also. While most big cartels are formed through a covert and
a civil dialogue, some of the colluding activity is done
through coercive means, because all parties may not agree.
Both require a different approach by the competition agency
when it comes to busting them. More...
Bad Politics Means Bad Economics
Economic Times, March 26, 2012
By Pradeep S
Mehta
Sacking the then-railway
minister Dinesh Trivedi after he presented a reformist rail
budget is one of the darkest chapters in our recent chaotic
economic history. One can understand the compulsions of
coalition politics…This idea was not radical because fares
had not been raised over the last decade. After all, bad
politics leads to bad economic outcomes, which the country
can ill-afford in the current situation of an alarming
fiscal deficit, obstinate inflation and unusual policy
paralysis. More...
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