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Former IMF Chief Economist & Governor of RBI
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In 2005, at the Jackson Hole symposium, a gathering of central bankers and economists, this economist delivered a dissenting keynote warning that financial innovation was outpacing regulation, that compensation structures incentivized short-term risk-taking, and that rising household debt masked fragility beneath macroeconomic calm. His analysis wasn’t theoretical: he traced how securitization pipelines diluted accountability, how rating agencies were structurally compromised, and how monetary policy’s prolonged accommodation amplified leverage without productivity gains. When the crisis erupted two years later, his framework became foundational, not as prophecy, but as diagnosis grounded in institutional detail and Indian experience with capital controls, inflation targeting, and banking supervision under stress. As RBI Governor, he resisted political pressure to cut rates during volatile inflation spikes, prioritizing credibility over convenience, and launched India’s first comprehensive financial inclusion index, linking credit access to gender, geography, and formal identity infrastructure. His voice remains distinct for marrying granular technical rigor with moral clarity about finance’s social contract.
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