For over 30 years America believed that globalisation and free-market economics would succeed in making America Great — through “trickle down” theory of wealth distribution at home and in converting China into a liberal-democratic manufacturing vendor-colony. As the Chinese guy in the video-clip rightly explains, it didn’t quite work out that way . “American 1-percenters” , the greedyContinue reading “Which is the more beautiful word: “Tariffs” or “Trickle-down”?”
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Donald Trump’s own “Monroe Doctrine”
1. Question: What were the promises of benefits of globalisation that President Bill Clinton made to the world during his tenure as POTUS ? Answer : During his tenure as President of the United States (1993-2001), Bill Clinton was a strong advocate for globalization and made several promises about its benefits to the world. SomeContinue reading “Donald Trump’s own “Monroe Doctrine””
India and the “sick men of Europe”
https://www.ft.com/content/24d5d526-b970-4e53-a262-9a678319ce23?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1f4iYveiDk2f4y0qUqx2zLN3Y-ifaZmkJ3b_AyasslcsoRyVKdlAcawbM_aem_cfO_7bAc56d_I9pBHi1jPg Reading the FT London article reminded me about how once upon a time, in the 1980-90s Turkey and then more recently in 2009-12, Greece too, were both regarded as the “sick man of Europe”. Today Europe or the EU appears to well qualify for that epithet of UN-eminence : “sick man of the world”.Continue reading “India and the “sick men of Europe””
The lecture I’d like to give to Prof.Christopher Robichaud, Harvard Ethics Professor on “MAGA”
If you scroll right down below ⬇️ you’ll be able to read the dirge written by a Harvard Professor of Ethics that struck me as nothing but the ravings of a bad loser going around breast-beating and wailing the defeat of the Democrats in the just concluded U.S. Presidential election 2024. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/christopher-robichaud If I wereContinue reading “The lecture I’d like to give to Prof.Christopher Robichaud, Harvard Ethics Professor on “MAGA””