Where is the Asian Casino Market Headed?
Possibly the biggest development for the Asian casino industry so far in 2018 has been the Japanese government’s approval of commercial integrated casino resorts in the country. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan has now authorized the opening of three gambling properties in the country, with the tax on gross revenue set at 30%
This is What Happens When There’s No Government Control
Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency, has recorded meteoric growth over the past few years. In fact, no other asset in history has ever delivered such phenomenal growth. The reason? This currency is not issued, regulated or controlled by any
Macau’s Casino Industry is Set to Grow in 2018
Following three successive years of decline, Macau’s casino industry is finally looking up, with a good chance of the industry returning to its pre-2014 levels. Revenues at casinos in Macau had begun to slump following President Xi Jinping
Prohibition: Archaic Remedy That Failed (Part 3)
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series of articles.
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)
Read the first article of this series here.
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
Global Economic Outlook 2016
With the world still seeming to recover from the last Great Depression, concerns regarding the global economy and its impact closer to home, in India, only seem appropriate. Bidding adieu to 2015, Managing Director of the International
Asia Expected to See Casino Growth in 2015
According to a report published by Forbes Magazine on January 7, 2015, Wynn is one of the several resorts looking to
A Walk Through the New Age of Casinos
On July 28, 2014, the Japanese stock exchange, the Nikkei, closed at a six month high. This buoyed the hopes for growth in domestic corporate earnings. Casino related businesses in Tokyo predicted that this could encourage the country to allow new casinos,
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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