Press

Op-eds

 

2022

Anup Malani, Arpit Gupta, and Bartek Woda. Poverty rose but income inequality fell.  The Hindu, March 28, 2022. 

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2022

Anup Malani, Arpit Gupta, and Bartek Woda. The pandemic’s income inequality surprise.  The Indian Express, March 22, 2022.

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2021

Sabareesh Ramachandran, Anup Malani, Satej Soman, and Alice Chen.  Modi govt should choose a vaccination policy that benefits India, not just the 45+.  ThePrint, April 14, 2021. 

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2021

Reuben Abraham and Anup Malani, Devising a vaccine strategy for India.  Hindustan Times, January 7, 2021. 

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2020

Anup Malani.  Devise an India-specific Covid vaccination plan.  Hindustan Times.  November 20, 2020.

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2020

Anup Malani and Vaidehi Tandel.  The return of workers to cities isn’t a sign of normalcy.  Livemint, July 22, 2020. 

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2020

Anup Malani, Manoj Mohanan, Satchit Balsari, and Anu Acharya.  Rethinking Covid-19 testing strategy.  The Hindu: Business Line, May 29, 2020. 

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2020

Daniel Hemel and Anup Malani.  If employers require workers to have antibodies, people will try to get sick, Washington Post, May 28, 2020. 

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2020

Anu Acharya, Anup Malani and Manoj Mohanan.  Combining sampling and testing can be most effective to get the economy back on track.  Economic Times, April 24, 2020. 

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2020

Anup Malani, David Kaiser, Rupal Bhattacharyya, and Bhramar Mukherjee.  Is there really no community transmission of coronavirus in India? Let’s do some math.  Quartz India, April 23, 2020. 

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Reposted: Simple math calculations raise questions about India’s flat denial of Covid-19 community spread.  Scroll.in, Sept 1, 2020. 

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2020

Anup Malani, Arpit Gupta and Reuben Abraham.  Why does India have so few Covid-19 cases and deaths?  Quartz India, April 16, 2020. 

https://qz.com/india/1839018/why-does-india-have-so-few-coronavirus-covid-19-cases-and-deaths/

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2020

Arpit Gupta, Anup Malani and Reuben Abraham.  Covid-19: To get an accurate estimate of the spread, India must ensure random community testing.  Hindustan Times, April 6, 2020. 

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2020

Arpit Gupta, Anup Malani and Reuben Abraham.  A mask and a shield.  Indian Express, Mar 31, 2020. 

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2020

Daniel Hemel and Anup Malani.  Trump can’t save us from the coronavirus. But governors and mayors can.  Washington Post, March 16, 2020. 

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2019

Anup Malani. To Encourage New Housing, Tax It.  WSJ, July 9, 2019.

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2018

Cynthia Kinnan and Anup Malani.  Road Map for a Successful Modicare.  Mint, March 6, 2018.

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2018

Richard Holden and Anup Malani.  Why the I.R.S. Fears Bitcoin.  New York Times, January 22, 2018.

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2017

Darius Lakdawalla, Anup Malani, and Jay Bhattacharya.  Why America needs a ‘do-over’ on Medicaid reform.  The Conversation (May 11 2017). 

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2010

Anup Malani and Tomas Philipson.  Push for more trials may hurt patients.  Washington Examiner (July 21, 2010). 

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2010

Anup Malani.  Pay-for-delay or pay-for-innovation.  Forbes.com (July 15, 2010). 

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2009

Anup Malani and Ramanan Laxminarayan.  Beyond swine flu: Superbugs.  Chicago Tribune (June 5, 2009).

 

2008

M. Todd Henderson and Anup Malani. Capitalism 2.0: Do corporations exist solely to maximize their bottom lines? We don’t think so.  Forbes, p 30 (Mar 10, 2008).

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Blogs and Online Articles

 

2024

Anup Malani, Cynthia Kinnan, Gabriella Conti, Alessandra Voena, and Kosuke Imai.  Pricing health insurance in India.  VoxDev (Dec 9, 2024). 

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2022

Gabriella Conti, Cynthia Kinnan, Anup Malani, Alessandra Voena.  Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India.  VoxDev (Jan 7, 2022)

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2017

Darius Lakdawalla and Anup Malani.  How Republicans and Democrats can both keep their promises on health care.  The Conversation (Mar 2, 2017). 

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2017

Darius Lakdawalla and Anup Malani. Do you know what the Affordable Care Act does? Here’s a primer to help.  The Conversation (Feb 27, 2017).

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Podcasts

 

2022

Is the Placebo Effect for Real?, on Freakonomics, M.D., hosted by Bapu Jena, February 3, 2022

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-the-placebo-effect-for-real/ 

 

2022

How Do We Explain Poverty Rising During the Pandemic But Income Inequality Falling Sharply?, The Interview, hosted by Kiran Thapar, June 14, 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VdaM_7_kMoM?si=dtOzxPNggC8HXgjA 

 

2022

COVID-19 Policies, University of Chicago Federalist Society, January 3, 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/live/XkQp1bWxd_k?si=oBEc2MCXthvFPkKE 

 

2021

Covid Pandemic and Inequality in India, Pune International Center Conversation, August 16, 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/live/BHzYYM6i4Ek?si=HMsCnXZybCWex_mS 

 

2021

Global policies for the pandemic, Scientific Sense, hosted by Gill Eapen, June 21, 2021.

https://youtu.be/cxjJtA0tBI8?si=Y7SnPnfWrG-vCrnl

 

2021

India's COVID Second Wave, on Grand Tamasha, hosted by Milan Vaishnav, April 27, 2021.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/anup-malani-on-indias-covid-second-wave/id1453878698?i=1000518761689

 

2021

Preparing for the Pandemic, on India In-Focus, Mittal Institute, Harvard University, hosted by Satchit Balsari, April 2021.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BPXsYPTiMTV5tuYLznxBg?si=nbU9RU0iRoeWU_qPPYFnZA 

 

2020

How far has COVID-19 really spread in Karnataka? (with Manoj Mohanan and Anu Acharya), Bangalore International Centre, November 20, 2020.

https://youtu.be/F2r5WKct6Sc?si=DqBybzoyBDNyyXIV 

 

2020

Adaptive control for COVID-19 in India, Scientific Sense, hosted by Gill Eapen, August 19, 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkigXqDcen0&ab_channel=ScientificSense 

 

2020

Nuances of Lockdown, The Seen and the Unseen, hosted by Amit Varma, June 7, 2020.

https://youtu.be/jPdzSpLQtSk?si=ZnKPAzltxfclLwN3 

 

2018

The Economics of Innovation, Economic Analysis of Health Insurance, and Economic Analysis of Healthcare (multiple epidsodes), Discussion Section: UChicago Conversations with Kevin Murphy, July 17, 2018.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSQ1ikQ6KGihYpVco6OlOdHK48YFNF1p&si=nbdKFfs5j_NIdgJZ 

 

2018

State Capacity and Importance of Institutions, James Robinson in conversation with Anup Malani, Artha Global, August 3, 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHuPrKWRTI&t=325s&ab_channel=ArthaGlobal 

 

2017

The Economic Consequences of Health Care Reform (with James Baumgardner and Casey Mulligan), Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, June 28, 2017.

https://youtu.be/TlyhpJc1GhY?si=UNbTdTTP7RBwEZfv 

 

2017

Demonetization and Measuring the Effects, The University of Chicago, January 3, 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r7sZN0Cmvk&ab_channel=TheUniversityofChicago 

 

Online talks


2023

The (Informal) Law and Economics of Slums, Chicago's Best Ideas, February 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGrnwuwULLk&ab_channel=UniversityofChicagoLawSchool 

 

2022

Effect of Health Insurance in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, September 20, 2022.

https://youtu.be/QJQsfOnieqE?si=45NaJOMxVtQRd8at 


2022

Lessons from Disease and Economic Surveillance during COVID in India, India Policy Forum 2022, July 12, 2022.

https://youtu.be/0BGmhY0tCTQ?si=OhCNpgJ2jjfpUkVb 


2022

Incorporating Economic Data into Optimal Vaccine Models, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, March 18, 2022.

https://youtu.be/hswGegY8tcA?si=BiU53o-xbxutK6hr 

 

2021

Explaining the Income and Consumption Effects of COVID, with commentary by Mushfiq Mobarak, Consumer Pyramids Research Seminar Series, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, March 25, 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/live/uQmMoVORnP0?si=HC1eOWFYprYoT4s4 


2020

Ethical Issues in Pandemic Response: Examples from India, 2020 University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium on Law for the Next Pandemic, December 2020.

https://youtu.be/4XA7D59a2mM?si=ET1x2_ZhPIscVKyh&t=2921

 

2020

The Evolution of Pandemics, University of Chicago Center In Delhi, September 4, 2020.

https://youtu.be/FD2AnQ3fRXI?si=B2a8ICaVRv3OKbzx 

 

2020

Addressing Income Inequality (with David Weisbach), Chicago's Best Ideas, February 10, 2020

https://youtu.be/CeejNNKqPPI?si=-CAHCA1GEz6lhqrV 

 

2019

The Need to Restructure Health Policy Around Innovation, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics, November 8, 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkZgzkYCXdM&ab_channel=MacLeanCenterforClinicalMedicalEthics 


2019

Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana RSBY vs Ayushman Bharat, International Growth Centre, March 6, 2019.

https://youtu.be/4x90ecdN3ps?si=JnBsJH5r-XODt5vO 

 

2017

The Externalities of Vaccination on the Evolution of Influenza, Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, March 8, 2017.

https://youtu.be/qTowRvXDbdc?si=q-9NsxigiMSKd-i5 

 

2016

The Impact of Conflict of Interest Disclosures in Medical Journals, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics, November 12, 2016.

https://youtu.be/r-OG8E6JEQU?si=u4g_IS5TpO9AL4w5 

 

The Indian Health Insurance Experiment, Michael M. Davis Lecture Series, Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS), April 5, 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO6V5iD40ms&ab_channel=CenterforHealthAdministrationStudies%28CHAS%29 

 

2015

Reporting Meningococcal Epidemics in Africa: Health and Policy Implications, 28th Annual Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar Series: Health and Policy Implications, July 20, 2015.

https://youtu.be/JMbBb4C8lbQ?si=edQWrc0iiGwper48 

 

2015

Understanding Judicial Behavior, Chicago's Best Ideas, November 17, 2015.

https://youtu.be/j3pcSA9Y5AI?si=a3U-lS2XFu42y1eF 

 

2015

An Economic Analysis of Medical Ethics, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics, November 13, 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlRlAlnmAg&t=469s&ab_channel=MacLeanCenterforClinicalMedicalEthics 

 

2013

Courts, Laws, and Institutions, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, June 27, 2017.

https://youtu.be/n1oTT8MdnC0?si=hitoLKBPF8li26XP  

 

2011

Contract Law, Transactions Costs, and the Boundary of the Firm, Chicago's Best Ideas, November 9, 2011

https://youtu.be/x6Gc3omgjgM?si=rUjUWi5p8nEBbj4v 

 

2011

The True Cost of Patents (with Jonathan Masur), Chicago's Best Ideas, February 4, 2011.

https://youtu.be/hhjQcK_FhUQ?si=Quoy8fXa1AHssHCk 

 

2010

Addressing Racial Disparities in Hospital Care, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics, December 8, 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDG7-xi33EU&ab_channel=MacLeanCenterforClinicalMedicalEthics 

 

2008

On Corporate Philanthropy, Chicago's Best Ideas, January 16, 2008.

https://youtu.be/B-cbcn8I8kM?si=xzhwpei4fuFTVs8i