Brazil on the Path to a Different Revolution
Brazil was considered to have the sixth largest economy in the world, both by nominal GDP and purchasing power. In 2012, its economy surpassed the United Kingdom, and Forbes ranked the country as being home to the fifth largest number of
Why Inflation is an Agent of Poverty?
India has had high inflation compared to most nations. The inflationary situation has been volatile since the financial year beginning 2010.The inflation in the Indian economy reached as high as 14.86% in April 2010.
What Can Control India’s Inflation?
These days, international news is bombarded with excitement over India’s double-digit growth and speculations about when (and if) the Indian economy will surpass China’s. However, the scene is quite different domestically. In India, the hot topic of
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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