The scale of problems contemplated at Davos will require drastic interventions and costs for these will have to be borne by shareholders, corporates & pension funds.
Whatever happened, sooner or later Balraj Sahni would return to Marx and Engels and the example of the Soviet Union. That was his answer to every social ill.
American dream is fading with jobs being shifted to Shanghai and Bengaluru, factories shutting down and “outsourcing” raising corporate profits but lowering American wages.
Elites view encroachers as disruptors of property rights system, and oppose regularisation. But that’s what India needs to free up capital held in slums.
Communities, which have been left relatively powerless while state and markets have expanded, can lead to mass resentment and rage, writes economist Raghuram Rajan.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Inequality is more in the realm of politics, economics, sociology. Don’t expect the world’s richest to do much about it out of choice. Governments have an important role to play, with taxation policies that are more distributive. The Democratic contenders are addressing this forcefully. 2. However, climate change is becoming a life and death issue for the planet. The people who come to Davos each year are intelligent enough to understand that things are at a tipping point. They are not as reckless as President Trump.
Inequality is more in the realm of politics, economics, sociology. Don’t expect the world’s richest to do much about it out of choice. Governments have an important role to play, with taxation policies that are more distributive. The Democratic contenders are addressing this forcefully. 2. However, climate change is becoming a life and death issue for the planet. The people who come to Davos each year are intelligent enough to understand that things are at a tipping point. They are not as reckless as President Trump.