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Friday, 5 November 2010

Irma Adelman- the woman who could have stopped the Vietnam War.

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Following on from my last post on a female economist who some think might save us from catastrophic climate change, I present to you another...
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Thursday, 4 November 2010

Refuting Graciela Chichilnisky- an axiomatic approach.

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I shall refute the strong version of the theorem that Graciela Chichlnisky is one of the great minds of our age. With scrupulous fairness ...
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Guha and the thinkers and makers of modern India.

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Ramachandra Guha's book on 19 'thinkers and makers of modern India' is out and seems to have been well received. I find it puzz...
Monday, 1 November 2010

Stephen Batchelor and the true message of the Buddha.

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Stephen Batchelor, in his latest book on Buddhism writes, that Buddha's teachings “seem more to encourage a creation of a self  than a ...

Steve Landsburg fallacy re. Capital Gains tax as a double tax on income.

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This is Steve Landsburg on Capital Gains Tax- The New Yorker arrived today, leading off with...
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Friday, 29 October 2010

A Suttee to Swaraj

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Read here the story of Annapurna Devi who battled against caste oppression, patriarchy and the horrible condition of Indian women- except t...
Wednesday, 27 October 2010

English is now a Godess- amongst 'Untouchables' in India.

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Finally, Indglish is coming of age! We have our own Goddess now- courtesy of some activist Dalits (who were formerly called 'untouchable...