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Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 22, 2004

My Reservations to your Affirmative Action

Swami’s article Affirmative action yes, reservations no is insightful in its recognition of the problem, but in its proposal of a solution it betrays an ignorance of 1) the true nature of government funding; 2) what ails government schooling and 3)…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 5, 2004

Of Cows, Dogs and Foreign Experts

My friends from the NDA government, do not hang your boots. Not yet. By the look of things, (never mind they have handed over tehelka to CBI cuz I’m sure you can find any number of Georges to be your convener and even if he goes to jail, it won’t be unfamiliar territory…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 3, 2004

Community management of forests

I am currently working on a project exploring the community management of natural resources. It’s quite interesting to see the way people and cultures evolve design principles that secure not only livelihood but also sustainable use of the resource.

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 7, 2004

Archaeological Economics

Russel Roberts, perhaps the first economist to write a full length romantic novel, has come up with yet another fascinating invention. Economic Archeology. It essentially involves deconstructing a news report and using economics to dig out what the real story is. Pretty much the same…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 25, 2004

Conservation Conversations

I know it’s too much to expect government policies to be consistent. But environment seems to have an unfair share of inconsistent, ad hoc policies.

Take the Sunderban case for instance. This is a World Natural Heritage Site, a unique ecosystem. The West…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Oct 4, 2004

Small is better?

Yesterday I was watching NDTV and there was a debate over whether we should have smaller states. Of course it was a waste of time. No one seems to make any substantial point in those debates. If someone makes an attempt, the anchor immediately calls for a commercial break.

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