October 31, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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The US presidential elections are scheduled for next week Tuesday, Nov 6th. A lot hangs on the outcome for the US — and perhaps the world. In a piece that I wrote a few days ago for NitiCentral.com, I argue … Continue reading
July 9, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Frederick Douglass (d. 1895), the renowned American abolitionist wrote, “Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them . . . The limits … Continue reading
May 4, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Thus spake Heinlein. “The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has eventually happened to all perfect democracies throughout all histories.”
January 20, 2009
by Atanu Dey
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Institutions as Ideas Institutions defined most generally are essentially ideas. They are big ideas, ideas that are persistent and which have a profound effect on the populations that evolve, and adopt, the ideas. Examples of powerful institutions – therefore powerful … Continue reading
January 26, 2005
by atanu
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“Another damned, thick, square, book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon? – William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, upon receiving the second volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire from the author, 1781. Well, what do you … Continue reading