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The dynamism-dysfunction paradox
The need for public investment, government competence & willingness to pay A recent article in the New York Times highlights the increasingly obvious paradox...
The maximising city
Our cities do not need more government spending—they need more autonomy, privatisation and deregulation. Indian cities face seemingly insurmountable problems...
The citizen at war
Political freedom must be used to fight for economic freedom Witnessing the recent skirmishes between some segments of the “civil society” and the central government...
The ruler’s first commitment
Enforcement of laws using the science of chastisement Lying on his bed of arrows at the end of the Mahabharata, Bhishma tells Yudhishthira the story of the first...
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Gandhi, the Liberal
A fresh look at Gandhian economics Are Gandhian economic policies incompatible with free market economics? Gandhi advocated limited government intervention,...
What nuclear no first use tells us
Democracy, civilian supremacy and nuclear strategy Recently, Jaswant Singh, senior BJP leader, made a plea for India reviewing its commitment to No First...
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Mineral Security CHRISTINE PARTHEMORE of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) explores a range of potential vulnerabilities that stem from the dependence...
The dishonesty of opportunistic gatekeepers
Why legalising corruption is not a good idea Pervasive corruption humiliates the ordinary citizen. The recent spontaneous support to a popular civil society protest...
The better tomorrow?
The young and the ugly Over a decade ago, when I was still working in a factory in Chennai making automotive parts, a team of Japanese hibakusha—atomic bomb survivors—came...
Pareto
Evidence for Greenspan (now Bernanke) Put? Post 2007 crash, we saw Alan Greenspan descend from being the world’s best central banker to being perhaps one of the...
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