Top stories published by Spontaneous Order in 2015

Perhaps there exists no state monopoly as large as the Indian railways — it holds the distinction of being one of the largest railway networks and the largest civilian employer in the world — employing over 1.5 million people. It also holds the dubious distinction of being…

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Dec 8, 2015

Is the Bihar Liquor Ban a Good Idea?

By Madhusudan Raj

After a thumping victory against Narendra Modi and his nationalist BJP party, the new CM of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has announced to fulfil one of his many election campaign promises of banning liquor sell and consumption in…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Apr 23, 2015

#ThrowbackThursday: A G Mulgaokar — Is Right to Property not Fundamental? (1969)

This article appeared in a publication of ‘Forum of Free Enterprise.’ Originally written in 1969, it was authored by A G Mulgaokar — an advocate and authority on constitutional law. At the…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 20, 2015

The Problem with State Capitalism

India is not a capitalist country. The necessary condition for capitalism is the private ownership of property and means of production — all other requirements either stem from that one condition, or are corollaries of it. India does have a system of private property…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Nov 26, 2015

#ThrowbackThursday: C Rajagopalachari — The Keystone of the Constitution (1971)

Today is Constitution Day — the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly 66 years back on this day in 1949; which later came into force on January 26, 1950. We thought it…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Jul 22, 2015

Per Pupil Expenditure in UP Govt Schools

By Professor Geeta Kingdon (UCL Institute of Education, University College London) and Professor Mohd Muzammil (Professor of Economics and Vice Chancellor, Agra University)

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Dec 17, 2015

#ThrowbackThursday: C Rajagopalachari — Liberty, Public Good, and State Coercion (1965)

The following article was published in the Swatantra Souvenir published in 1973; and was originally written by C Rajagopalachari in 1965. In the piece, Rajaji talks about the…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Jun 14, 2015

Right (or Wrong) to Discriminate

We all have read the news about people being discriminated against based on their gender or religion, the recent news was ‘Woman in Mumbai denied flat for being Muslim’. I am here making a case that discrimination is something we practice in our lives every day and…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Mar 4, 2015

Government must regulate Gyms, they are not WORKING OUT properly

The other day, while I was walking down to the gym to get my membership renewed, I noticed many different kinds of people — when I say different kinds I mean with respect to shapes and sizes. This got me thinking —…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

Jun 25, 2015

#ThrowbackThursday: Nani Palkhivala — Constitution and the Common Man (1971)

This article was published in the February 1971 issue of Freedom First and is an excerpt from a lecture delivered in Bombay. At the time, the right to property was still a fundamental right but was…

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