Prohibition: Archaic Remedy That Failed (Part 4)
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What goes around, comes around and the buck stops only when the head understands the cost of doing things without a long-term vision and in the absence of a rather basic respect for the rights of others. Just as the US government had
Prohibition: Archaic Remedy That Failed (Part 3)
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Prohibition of alcohol has proved to be a failed experiment a hundred years ago in the US. The biggest case against prohibition is the 13-year ban enforced in the US. You must keep in mind that pre-prohibition crime rates in the US
Prohibition: Archaic Remedy That Failed (Part 2)
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Prohibition has been rejected by even the World Health Organization as a failed effort. However, India remains one of the few countries that
Prohibition: Archaic Remedy That Failed (Part 1)
Definitely, the Government imagines that handholding a nation of 1.252 billion will teach our multitudes the discretionary wisdom to judge right from wrong. Strangely, when looked at in entirety, one wonders if it is the Government that needs handholding to help it understand the cockamamie ideas,
60 Years of Economic Growth In Five-year Installments
When India first won its Independence, it still had a long way to go before it could become self-sufficient. Carving out large chunks of industry and commerce as state-run establishments under the socialist structure that our nation’s leaders outlined seemed like the best way forward. And now, 60 years later, we are still following
Landmark GST Bill Opens India to a Common Market System
Somewhere along the path of errors comes a cumulative benefit. India has passed the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Indian Parliament voted 197 in favour of this bill with none against in the Rajya Sabaha. This bill is being hailed as a landmark tax reform and the biggest since Independence. Under the new bill, the existing system of Value Added Tax (VAT)
Apple vs the FBI – A Case of Privacy vs Security
On December 2, 2015, two terrorists, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people and injured 22 others in the city of San Bernardino, California. The couple were shot dead by the police in a shootout following a chase.
A Constitutional Monarchy that is a Free Market – The Paradox of Bahrain
The kingdom of Bahrain is no more than an archipelago consisting of thirty islands in the Persian Gulf. However, when it comes to liberalism of economy, it surprisingly leads most countries of the world. The 2015 Index of Economic
Dr. Roy Spencer: The Meteorologist Who is a Free Market Thinker
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Bryan Caplan: The Man Who Made Economics Cool
This young professor of Economics at George Mason University and Senior Scholar at Mercatus Center is not afraid to brandish his ideas in circles outside academia. While he may not be as prolific as many traditional academicians, his
Rakesh Wadhwa. Ever since, I was a school boy, I knew India was on the wrong path. Socialism was just not what we needed to get ahead. Government controlled our travel; government controlled our ability to buy and sell; and government controlled our freedom to move our money. My life has focused on the inherent rights people have. When I was in college, I never understood, what the governments meant by their "socialistic attitude". If people are free to buy, sell and move their capital themselves without any restrictions by state, then the welfare of people is inevitable & hence the countries they live in will become wealthy. The government has no right whatsoever, to point a finger at me or my business. I am not a revolutionary. I just want to light up my cigarette and not get nagged about it. I believe in non-interfering attitude to attain more. 
The Bastiat Award is a journalism award, given annually by the International Policy Network, London. Bastiat Prize entries are judged on intellectual content, the persuasiveness of the language used and the type of publication in which they appear. Rakesh Wadhwa won the 3rd prize (a cash award of $1,000 and a candlestick), in 2006.
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