The National Democratic Alliance in December 2021 repealed three farm laws it had spent months insisting were necessary and non-negotiable. Coincidentally, they were timed to precede state elections that the government could not afford to lose, while nothing in the underlying shape of agricultural markets was rebuilt in their place. It cost the government nothing other than the appearance of having lost. Perhaps mathematics works differently in politics, for this was the chea

Why do some countries have high living standards while others remain poor? Economists, historians, and political scientists have debated this question for decades. Countries have received new technologies, foreign investment, development assistance, and policy reforms, yet large differences in income and living standards remain. Natural resources alone cannot explain these differences. Nigeria has large oil reserves, and the Democratic Republic of Congo has enormous mineral w

Starting a new day with early news in the morning – A great way to stay in the loop! Then there are these two pieces of articles on the notifications: the one below details the deadly war in the Gaza strife; the one above, was somewhat more entertaining: a politician had made an outrageous, seemingly dim-witted, and unimaginable statement about taxes and investments. Then more and more similar content appears on one’s news feed – more nonsensical proclamations and attention-g