Dollars and Oil
Daniel Drezner asks, "How stable is Bretton Woods 2"? Economists are labelling the current monetary arrangements as Bretton Woods 2. Under this system, the U.S. is running massive current account...
View ArticleSocialism by choice?
I was going through some of the exchanges I had on IndiaPolicy discussion group. I found very interesting exchange about India being a socialist country by choice.In response to the demand that...
View ArticleA Flat-Tax Revolution
OpinionJournal, a Wall Street Journal's editorial page, features an article on how many former communists countries are adopting and implementing the idea of flat tax. Surprisingly even China is toying...
View ArticleMr Bush goes to Europe
Lawrence Kudlow, a host of CNBC's "Kudlow & Company", on Bush's Europe tour.
View ArticleHow To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Always wanted to ask a technical question but didn't know how to phrase? I found this guide, How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, as I was researching a technical issue on the Web.
View ArticleWe don't owe nothing!
Via, Mises Blog, Nestle chief rejects the need to `give back' to communities. Finally, somebody with the guts to speak the truth! And why is that only successful people (or companies) are called upon...
View ArticleYou know its a dictatorship when ..
Coyote Blog has tips on How to Spot a Dictatorship: 1. Michael Moore portrays the country as a kite-flying paradise 2. Jimmy Carter sanctioned their last election 3. The UN certifies that there is no...
View ArticleBig Media crushes a blogger
Via Selective Amnesia, India's largest media group, Times of India Group, serves a legal notice on the Mediaah blog for allegedly defaming the Times of India publications. The notice asks the author to...
View ArticleModi is denied US visa
Predictably, there is a hue and cry over denial of visa by US to Narendra Modi. Modi and BJP are saying that denial of visa is an insult to the Constitution. As usual US was charged with hypocrisy: In...
View ArticleTypePad trial
I am test driving the TypePad. I have already started liking it and I am very tempted to switch to TypePad at the end of the 30-day trial period. But the Basic account costs $4.95 per month, so I will...
View ArticleUS Health Care: Quality comes at a price
Arnold Kling argues, in an superb article The Myth of Massive Health Care Waste, that Americans are getting better health care compared to other developed countries. The article is full of gems like...
View ArticleGmail keeps getting better
I started giving Gmail a try few months back after using Yahoo! mail. So far, Gmail looks impressive, especially its search and label features and of course, its 2GB size. It is fast too! However, what...
View ArticleNational Independence vs Individual freedom
Nicholas Kristof has a great article, A Morsel of Goat Meat, in New York Times!When a white racist government was oppressing Zimbabwe, the international community united to demand change. These days, a...
View ArticleSimon is the real star of "American Idol"
I can echo the sentiments of the Opinion Journal article, Why Simon Is Still Our Dawg. In fact, were it not for the sharp and witty judgemental putdowns of Mr. Simon, I wouldn't have watched 'American...
View ArticleIs Trade Deficit harmful?
Karlsson answers the question on Trade Deficit in a very clear and illuminating way.Also, see John Tammy's other articles, More Current-Account Confusion and Trade Charade. He also addresses Buffetts...
View ArticleAuctioning loans
Via Mises Economics Blog: A Bank That Isn't, Zopa is an online lending exchange for dealing with micro-credit. It deals with risk of default by spreading risk among a group of fifty borrowers and fifty...
View ArticleIn Search of the Sixth Sense
Via EconLog, this interview of Dr. Ray Kurzweil is really fascinating! The super-inventor discusses nanotechnology, nanofood, non-biological intelligence, and other advanced technologies and how they...
View ArticleAnarcho-Capitalism is not sustainable
Robert Murphy at Mises Economics Blog, attempts to clear the confusion surrounding anarchism.One of the greatest proponent of anarchism, Roy Childs Jr., changed his mind about anarchism.I believe that...
View ArticlePope John Paul II on freedom
I am not a Christian but the concept of free will in Christianity has always fascinated me. Pope John Paul II will definitely be remembered for his role in opposing Commuism and his support for...
View ArticleNow you can program directly in English
Researchers from MIT has developed a tool that turns English to code . The tool is called Metafor and it converts an English language description of a program into a skeleton code in programming...
View ArticleA bird in mouth is worth two in the refrigerator
There is a good debate going on whether we need time-preference to explain positive interest rates. I think diminishing marginal utility is not sufficient to explain positive interest rates. If present...
View ArticleAnarchy and the Internet
I found Bruce Benson's working paper, "The Spontaneous Evolution of Cyber Law: Norms, Property Rights, Contracting, Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Without the State" via Mises Blog. Well, the title...
View ArticleKashmir's accession to India
Varnam, points to the Aravind Lavakare's article at Rediff on Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India: Even after its accession to the Indian Dominion, J&K's internal administration was governed,...
View ArticleIndia as a superpower
During Condoleezza Rice's visit to India, US and India unveilled a strategic partnership at a whole new level.The United States unveiled plans Friday to help India become a "major world power in the...
View ArticleThis blog has moved
This blog has now moved here. I will still use this as site as my backup or to post more quick posts. Please update your bookmarks. Also, those subscribing to atom feed for this blog should switch to...
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