WWWIG-1 Envious and Righteous Anger (5)
10/23/12 •
It has been famously observed that getting Americans to fight a class war is an extremely difficult, bordering on the impossible. This has been ascribed to the fact that almost all Americans, regardless of their material circumstances, place themselves among the middle-class. While this is no doubt true, I believe that a more precise explanation [...]
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The Gatekeepers to India (4)
7/20/12 •
It is said that our country is divided into an India and a Bharat. I hate this terminology because it is unnecessarily pejorative towards “Bharat”, but let’s go with it for now. These two nations are often identified with Urban and Rural India respectively, but sometimes the borders are not so clearly geographical. Some people [...]
Tipping Point (4)
5/23/12 •
I am rather amused to hear opinions that argue that tipping to waiters is an act of generosity, and a barometer for how we treat those less fortunate than we are. From a first order economic perspective, tipping shouldn’t matter. What you are willing to pay at the restaurant table depends on the economics of [...]
The Fourth Nickname of My Life (1)
4/19/12 •
It takes some people years to shake off detested childhood nicknames. My son managed to do it smoothly at the age of 3. One look at my son’s face as an infant convinced me that he had a haughty demeanour. I therefore decided to nickname him Gatthu (Hindi:????? Kannada: ?????) which means “haughty” in Kannada. [...]
Rules and Principles (6)
4/10/12 •
Kunal and Gaurav are right. In this post, I was talking of the trade-off between rules and principles in policy enforcement. Actually, when you think of it, rules vs. principles is not a simple dichotomy, but a spectrum of choices. Imagine that these choices are spread from left to right. At the left end of [...]
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