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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of
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The Structural Lens Jan 04, 2025 The Myth of Central Bank Independence The concept of central bank independence, long celebrated as a cornerstone of modern economic governance, represents one of the most successful yet questionable transfers of democratic power to technocratic authority in modern history. This arrangement, whereby crucial decisions about money creation and economic…
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என் குடும்பம் நீங்கலாக நான் அறிந்த முதல் உறவினர் எங்கள் பாரதியே.! அதன் பின்னரே மார்க்ஸ், லெனின்.. என அறிந்துகொண்டேன். அம்மாவின் வேலை நிமித்தம் பல வாடகை வீடு அலைந்த போது , இப் படம் தவறி உடைந்தது. அன்றைய தினம் நானும் தம்பியும் அழுதோம். இன்றும் அந்த நாள் நினைவில் உள்ளது. கடந்த மாதம் நூலகத்தில் பாரதியை “எங்கள் பாரதி” என்ற தலைப்புடனும், அதற்க்கு முதல் மாதம் “வள்ளுவம்” என திருவள்ளுவரை, இசையாகவும், பொருளும் குறளும் ஆகவும் சொல்ல…
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A chat with OpenAI’s chatGPT. Anatol Wegner Jan 16, 2025 The following is a discussion with chatGPT of a lecture given by Noam Chomsky at Girona University in Catalonia in 1992. The discussion focuses on the parts where Chomsky discusses AI and more generally the computational theory of the mind. The whole lecture series can…
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The Structural Lens Feb 08, 2025 Historical Patterns and Modern Parallels The emergence of a transnational alliance between tech billionaires, authoritarian politicians, and far-right movements represents both a continuation of historical patterns and something unprecedented in human history. To understand this phenomenon, we must examine how it echoes previous fascist movements while incorporating new elements…
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A conversation at Brown with Ashutosh Varshney, Gauri Viswanathan and Shahzad Bashir Salman Rushdie Nov 12, 2021 Subscribe to Salman’s Sea of Stories By Salman Rushdie · Hundreds of paid subscribers An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I’ll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I…
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