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May 18, 2018

State Governors: Why Do We Need Them?

A product of the colonial legacy, the position of the State Governor, for all its apparent importance, remains in truth an office that holds no value to the people of India. Why, then, does it still exist?

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 9, 2018

No Outside Food Allowed!

In the following article, Vineet Bhalla comments on the recent PIL filed in the Bombay High Court, against the cinema halls’ right to bar customers from bringing outside food into the premises. Taking a market liberal perspective, he emphasises that the status quo must be maintained…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 26, 2018

Why Have The Poor Not Done As Well As The Rich In New India?

‘The rich are getting richer and the poor are becoming poorer!’ is a common refrain used in India (and throughout the world), in every discussion on economic reforms and at the slightest hint of the word “Capitalism”. Despite…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 28, 2018

India Has The Highest Number Of Internet Shutdowns In The World

In 2018, India has already had 43 Internet shutdowns, as compared to 70 shutdowns worldwide that happened throughout 2017. Over the last few years, India has had the most number of shutdowns in the world, five times as…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 31, 2018

ICT and the Other Half : Connecting the missing bytes

In this article, Dr. Ranjana Agarwal addresses the great gender digital divide that plagues the current sectoral set up, and suggests policy changes to mitigate the same. Dr. Ranjana Agarwal is working as Associate Professor, Economics…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 13, 2018

Equity in Education

Published in the Business Standard on 13 July 2005, Parth J Shah explains why, to inculcate equity in education, it is important to “fund students, not schools”. Using the instrument of education vouchers, Parth explains the simplicity of such a market solution, underscoring its power to…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 31, 2018

Free Market Capitalism vs. Crony Capitalism

The following is a short excerpt from ‘The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You”, a series of essays on political economics. In the excerpt, the essayist differentiates between the terms “crony capitalism” and “free market…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 19, 2018

So You Think Money Is The Root of All Evil?

In her book Atlas Shrugged, one of Ayn Rand’s famed characters Francisco d’Anconia counters the assertion that “money is the root of all evil”. Against the backdrop of a party, Francisco argues that money is merely a symbol- a symbol of exchange, of…

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 31, 2018

The Controversy of Death

Death penalties, for the longest time have not only posed moral dilemmas but also have several practical problems attached. With the sordid eagerness with which death penalties are capitulated in the public memory, it is necessary that we finally ask ourselves, why?

Centre for Civil Society in Spontaneous Order

May 23, 2018

The Effect of Regulation on the Global Social Casinos Economy

In the following article, the team at Qrius (formerly, the Indian Economist) writes of the world of ‘social casinos’, previously outside the purview of online gambling regulations since they were not counted as ‘real…

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