Consider this scenario. Someone you know imprisons his grown up children and does not allow them to go out and do jobs that they are fully capable of doing. He also locks up his productive assets and prevents his children… Read More ›
Month: May 2008
Google for Missing Details
Sunita Narain’s article “Missing Details” in the Feb 26th edition of Business Standard talks about the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). (Hat tip: A Sarda.) Creating productive assets such as forests and reservoirs is good for the economy, and… Read More ›
Celebrating Four Years of the UPA
Saakshi toasts the achievements of the UPA government [via The Acorn.] Let’s also raise a toast to the Indian voter for having chosen so wisely. The UPA and what it has achieved cannot be evaluated without reference to the wisdom… Read More ›
Gary Becker on Human Capital
From the Chicago Graduate School of Business magazine a brief talk with Gary Becker, “one of the first economists to study topics traditionally considered the purview of sociologists including racial discrimination, crime, family organization, and drug addiction. His work on… Read More ›
The Numbers in Pictures
Even after living more than half my adult life in the US, I am constantly amazed by the profligacy in consumption of people in the US. What is even more remarkable is how the ultra-consumption is not limited to native… Read More ›
Advice to BSNL and MTNL
My friend, Arun Mehta, has some advice for the public sector telecom providers. They are losing customers. Arun believes that their approach is wrong and that they should see the opportunity in using their last mile access for affordable internet… Read More ›
Much Improved
Go. Profit from exile. To see, listen, walk, pause beside wisemen; question savages and madmen; and listen to stories. It is always pleasant and, sometimes, improves you. I have neglected the blog for most of the last few weeks because… Read More ›
Food prices
“When you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food, and so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up.” That’s what George W Bush said in a press conference on May 2nd. The… Read More ›
Boston in the Spring Time
Whenever I come to Boston, I recall the song by Dave Loggins (I like the Joan Baez version best) Please come to Boston for the springtime I’m stayin’ here with some friends and they’ve got lots of room You can… Read More ›
A bit from Rutgers
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf (Click on the picture to go to the Picasa album with larger images.) I got a master’s degree in computer science from Rutgers University. Visiting Rutgers was a trip down memory lane. Mega dozes doses of nostalgia.
