You’re an anarchist right? So you believe there should be no government whatsoever. My answer to that is that you should read Thomas Hobbes. As a person with a disability, I depend on the government maintaining a monopoly on violence for my continued existence. Without the rule of law, might is right, and I would be toast.

Thanks Mahesh for an interesting perspective to evaluate India’s current Internet economy. Just like China has protectionist policies, we also need regulations in India to encourage home grown start ups especially given that India suffers from a relatively weak physical infrastructure compared to China. The movement initiated by companies like InMobi…

Detective Columber Investigates the Money Supply

“Ebeneezer! Mr.Scrooge! Detective Columber here!”

“Oh. Good day to you.”

“I hope you don’t mind me bothering you like this.”

If this were an emerging country problem. The country would be swarming with IMF counsellors and negotiators with ready made canned advice and equally prescriptive treatment to set that country back to the dark ages of macro economic management. Remember the days of extreme austerity, currency control & rationing. And tranches of life saving US $ s…

Monetarism and the Failure of Central Banking

Monetarism is an economic theory which arose in the 1970s, mainly because of the problem of inflation. It was the “House Theory” of the early Reagan Administration, and is widely credited with helping to end the post-Vietnam era of high inflation and…