April 20, 2013
by Atanu Dey
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Alright, time to get down to some serious work. The weekend is here and I have places to go, people to meet. And of course I have to get back to reading and writing. So while I do that, here’s … Continue reading
June 14, 2012
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What is poverty? Who’s a poor person? What’s a rich economy? These questions have engaged some of the brightest people for centuries — and no doubt it will continue to fascinate some for centuries. My answer to what is poverty … Continue reading
June 17, 2009
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Competition on the supply side is good if you are on the demand side, and competition on the demand side is good if you are on the supply side. Otherwise competition is evil. That is why governments of third world … Continue reading
June 12, 2009
by Atanu Dey
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Some good stuff gets buried in all the trivia. Here are a couple of posts from December 2007 that I feel makes a bit of sense.
June 7, 2009
by Atanu Dey
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India is very widely celebrated as having a democratic government. India’s government can also be accurately described another way. A kakistocracy is defined as government by the most corrupt and the least principled. As India’s case clearly demonstrates, the two … Continue reading
April 22, 2009
by Atanu Dey
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I have maintained for a while that the reason that Pakistan gets propped up by the US and its allies is that India and Pakistan are engaged in a dollar auction game and therefore anytime Pakistan is about to go … Continue reading
August 6, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Go read Tubular Belle if you have a few minutes to spare.
May 10, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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I came across this site lee-kuan-yew.com which appears to be a portal with information on Lee Kuan Yew, his speeches and his writings. I am pretty pleased that right up there is a link to one of my favorite series … Continue reading
May 7, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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One of my favorite obsessions is information. Naturally so considering that I am an economist, and markets and information are inseparable. Information is the lubricant that keeps the huge big machinery of the market humming. Which is of course why … Continue reading
April 25, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Hauled from the archives: India’s Cargo Cult Democracy. Yes, I do like that post. So sue me
July 15, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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A comment on this blog is worth highlighting because it is too important to be buried among the comments. It is from Gulab Singh who wrote: What have you done to amend the situation, oh armchair intellectual ? Cribbing about … Continue reading
February 23, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these … Continue reading
January 26, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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In a comment to the post on political parties launched by entrepreneurs, “Seven Times Six” wrote: I don’t think renunciation and self-sacrifice is necessary for a nation to prosper. What is required is the exact opposite — a strong avarice … Continue reading
October 29, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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“It is all about power, isn’t it?” said CJ. I was on the phone with CJ, discussing a series of columns that the Indian Express newspaper has been running called “India Empowered” which as the newspaper puts it, “if there’s … Continue reading
September 30, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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“Fossil fuel is dead,” declared CJ. CJ likes to make those kinds of superficially profound statements. We were meeting after a long time. I was in Delhi for a conference and caught up with CJ at the Taj Mansingh Hotel … Continue reading
September 25, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Or What Economists Do What the heck do economists do is a question that does not baffle many people because they “know” what economists do. I know it did not baffle me. I was not taught economics in high school, … Continue reading
September 21, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Some events have the power to imprint themselves on one’s memory. One morning about four years ago, my roomie Wayne knocked on the door at the ungodly hour of 6 AM to say “you may want to watch this.” In … Continue reading
September 4, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Over the weekend, spent some time with old friends in San Francisco. P was visiting from Delaware and B from North Dakota. Beautiful weather after the exhilarating storms that passed through a few days before that.
August 30, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Visiting Singapore is both an exhilarating and a depressing experience for me. To observe the transformation of a mosquito-infested swamp full of poor people into a vibrant developed nation of prosperous people in a brief span of 40 years is … Continue reading
July 5, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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The phrase that comes to mind when I consider the move from movabletype to wordpress for this blog is disruptive change, that phrase so beloved of those worthies who write those content-free fat management books. I think the change is … Continue reading