My Blog List
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Bengalis Speaking Hindi
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Bengalis have a wicked sense of humor — especially when it involves poking
fun at themselves. I speak as if I wasn’t a Bengali myself. Truth is that I
was ...
1 week ago
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How to Believe in Free Speech
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(June 12, 2018 02:56 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Almost all libertarians earnestly
say, "I believe in free speech." Normally, though, this goes way beyond
the ri...
5 years ago
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To the Streets: Occupy Wall Street moves to Main Streets
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The "Occupy Wall Street" movement is moving to Main Streets across the
globe. It's about time. But I fear that the movement will be captured by
the far lef...
12 years ago
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Biden takes a wrong step
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I was sorry to see President Biden threaten steel tariffs on antidumping
grounds. For my views on this topic, see this old piece I wrote with Phill
Swage...
2 weeks ago
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Covid and the bureaucracy: India needs modern institutions that are
autonomous, accountable and creditworthy
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The events of the past month have been so tragic, so unspeakably ugly that
the only rational response was to pretend it wasn’t happening. The raging
seco...
2 years ago
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The Innovation Economy T-Shirt
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If you're reading this, you are likely a member of the Innovation Economy
here in New England: someone who *makes things happen.*
So this t-shirt is for y...
14 years ago
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Catastrophic Risk: Investing and Business Implications
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In the context of valuing companies, and sharing those valuations, I do
get suggestions from readers on companies that I should value next. While I
d...
2 months ago
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ca va?
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Many years ago before the World War II, a blitzkrieg of German soldiers
would come right up to the border in their Panzer tanks and turn their guns
at a po...
12 years ago
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China Skepticism
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(I wrote this after my visit to Shanghai and Beijing in May ’10, as part of
my MBA program at Duke. I originally circulated it around with friends and
othe...
12 years ago
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New Site @ www.tvhe.co.nz
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Dear avid TVHE readers, We’ve finally set up our own hosting and have a new
site at www.tvhe.co.nz, if you could be so kind as to set your
links/bookmarks...
15 years ago
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Why, deep down, we’re all ultramarathoners
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Jasmin Paris is not built like ordinary mortals. Last month she won a
moment of fame after completing the Barkley Marathons, a race so brutal
that only 19 ...
2 days ago
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World Economic Forum Meeting This Week.
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The World Economic Forum is in the news this week. They are meeting in a
resort town in Switzerland named Davos.This event gets way more attention
in the ...
3 months ago
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My Fav books
- The world is Flat by Thomas Friedman
- Principles of Economics by Ben Bernanke
- Micro Economics by Michael Parkin
- Principles of Economics by Mankiw
- Arthur Hailey-Money Changers, Hotel, Wheels, Final Diagnosis
- Barack Obama , The New face of American Politics
- Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
- Freakonomics