Robert Heilbroner: “Mises was right!”

I learned a lot of economic history, well atleast one side of the history, from The Worldly Philosophers. Its author Robert Heilbroner passed away early this month. He was one socialist who had the courage to publicly amdit the failure of socialism after the…

Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index

Looking for the “land of the free”? Try Estonia.

OR IRELAND. OR CHILE. OR DENMARK. OR EVEN ICELAND. These countries now offer more economic freedom than the United States.

Feminism: Are we worse off?

Here’s what I chanced upon..

“After 30 years, women have made tremendous strides — strides most of us would be loath to give up. But perhaps it’s time to ask an important question: Not, “Are women succeeding on an equal basis with men?” but “Are today’s…

Rule of Law and its Economic Implications

If one were to look at the factors of production (land, labour, capital and enterprise) and look at the corresponding cases pending in Indian courts, one can have a very good understanding of the performance of the institutions arranged around these…

Any takers for Public Policy specialists?

Among the excess baggage that has been handed down to us from the past is our esteemed IAS (Indian Administrative Service). However why, I consider it will be on its way out might seem interesting.

Ken Schoolland and residents of the Jamia Hamdard area

Why is it that people consider government to be untrustworthy, corrupt and power hungry, but still trust the same government to improve their situation? Whenever there is a problem in society, most people turn to the government to look…

I have a problem with the Constitution of India!

Seems I am not alone. I have always wondered about the colonial legacy permeating our institutions. The guiding light of these institutions has been this — citizens are subjects to be controlled and not empowered! My debates with Makarand, my…

Corruption as a symptom and not a cause!

For long, CCS has argued most corruption in public affairs is an outcome of poorly designed rules and regulations, or rules which should have not been there in the first place. Education World, the only magazine on education in India takes a hard look at…

Is it overpopulation or overcrowding?

On one of my recent train trips Delhi-Chennai-Bangalore-Delhi, I couldn’t help but contemplate the amount of uninhabited land that one comes across. With that kind of land, one wonders why we cry of overpopulation? Is it because we intellectuals sit in overcrowded…