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TopicCapitalism

Topic: Capitalism

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

It is the law of progress that a few persons must go to the top to show the possibilities and opportunities, so that others might emulate and follow them, wrote GN Lawande in 1958

Capitalism isn’t responsible for mass unemployment. Look at Japan, Singapore: BS Iyer

It is not capitalism which is responsible for the evils of permanent mass unemployment, but the policies of the stateman which paralyse its working, wrote BS Iyer in 1971.

Modi-Shah-Yogi in ‘Pyramid of Capitalist India’: IIT-B distances from workshop poster after backlash

Distancing from a flyer, promoting a workshop 'South Asian Capitalism(s)', IIT-B took down all mentions of the event co-organised with UC Berkeley & UM-Amherst from website.

Do capitalists hold power in a democracy? Their control over govts is same as voters

Ask some people about India’s ever-worsening income inequality, and they will say it has nothing to do with the power of big business. To them, political theorist Brian Barry says: you cannot have it both ways.

Capitalism is dead, and a former Greek minister knows who killed it

For Yanis Varoufakis, we're living through a tech-driven economic revolution. He challenges us to come to terms with what has happened in the era of Big Tech & Big Finance.

Why permanently cutting interest rates to zero can purge capitalism of its evils

A viable compromise could be struck: Rewarding entrepreneurship without compounding inequality or incentivising the unsustainable use of resources.

SubscriberWrites: India needs its private sector to thrive for better opportunities and new political ideology

Thank you dear subscribers, we are overwhelmed with your response. India since independence has gone through several economic transformations; from a moderate socialist state in...

Capitalism isn’t too bad — its impact on poverty isn’t what you think it is, new study says

The effect was negative until workers were empowered and treated fairly. Dignity and respect are tenets of stakeholder capitalism.

SubscriberWrites: Seeing Adam Smith as capitalism apologist devoid of ethics misses the mark

First published in 1776, Adam Smith’s thoughts in the famous book ‘Wealth of Nations’ have been widely used as a reference point for the marketplace as we see it today, writes Jyoti Lahiri.

On Camera

Why nose strips and peel-off masks are an overhyped quick fix for blackheads

Nose strips and black masks aren’t evil, but these solutions can backfire, especially when used on Indian skin that scars and pigments easily.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.