In Praise of Inefficiency: Should We Serve the Economy or Should It Serve Us?
Inefficiency, it turns out, has considerable upsides. Only the morbidly rich lose out when nations return to slightly inefficient but fully competitive marketplaces.
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The Meaning of ‘So-Called Primitive Accumulation’
What exactly was “Marx’s theory of primitive accumulation”? Here, Angus argues that Marx thought “primitive accumulation” was a misleading and erroneous concept. Understanding what he actually wrote shines light on two essential Marxist concepts: exploitation and expropriation.
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Effects of Bigotry on Schoolchildren
“Parenting in an Age of Narratives Over Facts”: As hate and toxicity swirl in our midst, one realises how careful, really careful, we need to be with our own kids. Also: “Can WHO’s ‘Life Skills’ Counter the Effects of Bigotry on Schoolchildren?”
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Fallacy of the Hindutva Project
The linking of Aurangzeb or other ‘Muslim’ rulers’ crimes to his/her religion will have serious consequences even for the ‘Hindu’ version of history as narrated by the RSS. With Sangh Parivar rulers pitting one section of Indians against the other, there is no need of any foreign enemy to undo a democratic-secular India.
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The Telecom Industry in India: Free Market or Monopoly-Finance Capital?
This article investigates three decades of the telecom miracle and asks a larger question: What do we learn regarding the nature of big capital from the extraordinary success of the telecom industry in India?
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The Passing of Bhaskar Save: What the ‘Green Revolution’ did for India
Bhaskar Save died on 24 October 2015 at age 93. Emphasising self-reliance at the farm/village level, Save was regarded as the ‘Gandhi of natural farming’. In 2006 he published an open letter on the disastrous effects of green revolution for India – socially, economically and ecologically. We reproduce this letter here.
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The Obscene Transformation of the Mohenjodaro Dancing Girl into a Pink Museum Mascot
No naked human body can ever match the obscenity of the costume with which the minions of the Ministry of Culture have draped the Mohenjodaro Dancing Girl. How dare they shame the bodies of real women in this way?
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Toiling Away Without a Toilet Break
The most basic needs of accessing a toilet during working hours is a daily challenge and a health hazard for many women labourers in tea gardens in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
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The Mission Creep Problem in Panchayat Finances
The 14th FC had recommended transfer of significant quantum of untied funds to local bodies, that would have strengthened fiscal decentralisation. The Union Government accepted this recommendation, but has imposed several conditionalities in the release of these funds, effectively leading to fiscal centralisation.
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G7 Leaders in Hiroshima – Two Articles
“G7 Leaders Gather in Hiroshima Amid Rising Threat of Nuclear War”: In a display of shameless hypocrisy, the leaders of the G7 laid wreaths at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Hiroshima. Also: “The Splendor of a Thousand Suns: Hiroshima and Imperial Forgetfulness”.
