Book Review: Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government – by Yaron Brook & Don Watkins
In today’s environment, where the Indian government seems to be bereft of good leaders and men who can
Book Review: Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government – by Yaron Brook & Don Watkins
In today’s environment, where the Indian government seems to be bereft of good leaders and men who can
Sheldon Adelson – The Man, The Entrepreneur
With Forbes estimating his net worth as $39 billion in January 2014, Sheldon Adelson is undoubtedly the most successful entrepreneur the casino industry has ever seen. A college dropout, who went on to become a self-made multibillionaire, Adelson is also known for his philanthropic pursuits.
The Online Bingo Boom – How this Phenomenon Reached India
The United Kingdom has one of the biggest online markets for bingo in the world. Since 2008, the number of players and the amount won online has more than tripled. Because of this, the British market has seen an influx in big brand names launching bingo games via their already established websites.
What Does 2014 Have in Store for the Indian Economy?
While presenting the interim budget for fiscal 2014-15, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha, “I wonder how many have noted the fact that India’s economy, in terms of the size of its GDP, is the 11th largest in the world. There are great things in store.”
Where Does the Future of the Casino Industry Lie?
“Online gambling is ‘fool’s gold.’ Whether it is full casino gaming, poker only, or anything in between – this is a societal train wreck waiting to happen.” This is what Sheldon Adelson, Chairman and CEO of the largest gaming company in the world, Las Vegas Sands, had to say to Forbes Magazine in June 2013.
Dr. BR Ambedkar: A Free Market Economist at Heart
“Ambedkar is my Father in Economics. He is true celebrated champion of the underprivileged. He deserves more than what he has achieved today. However he was highly controversial figure in his home country, though it was not the reality.
Stanley Ho – The Man Who Transforms Dreams into Reality
He is 91, and is called the casino mogul of Macau, an administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. Stanley Ho Hung-sun, the man who fought all odds, survived a family bankruptcy and war, now called as the richest person in Macau. It is estimated that, this university dropout now owns enterprises that employ almost one fourth of the workforce of Macau.
Pai Gow Poker – East Meets West
Pai Gow Poker is an Americanized fusion version of the ancient Chinese tiles game of Pai Gow married with the modern Poker game to be played with a deck of 53 cards (joker for faces, straights and flushes). This is a combination of the Pai Gow’s “high hand, low hand” playing structure with poker hands.
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 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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