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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Can investments be free of risk?
Description: Recently, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court put forth the idea of setting up an expert committee that could recommend ways to protect common investors from market events. The court’s recommendation came soon after the stocks of the companies of the Adani Group crashed following a report by Hindenburg Research, a U.S.-based investment research firm. It is estimated that the fall in the Adani Group’s stocks has cost investors over $100 billion. Can investments be free of risk? Here we discuss the question.  Guests: Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at the Uni...