The problem with capitalism is its focus on free markets rather than free societies

by Rashmee

Posted on February 23, 2022


Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times recently pointed to an essay by Tufts political science …

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Dutch version of the East India Company was ‘the original military-industrial complex’

by Rashmee

Posted on December 31, 2021


Founded in 1602, just a couple of years after the English established the East India …

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The constant gardener: Joe Biden and the big state

by Rashmee

Posted on May 1, 2021


/ FAITH, HOPE… Everyone’s thinking (and some are hoping) that US President Joe Biden is …

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South Korea’s wannabe president wins support for universal basic income plan

by Rashmee

Posted on October 15, 2020


It is a platitude that the pandemic has been a game-changer. It is a banality …

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Saturday rearview: Reset on capitalism, protests everywhere, the ‘Love Actually’ election

by Rashmee

Posted on December 14, 2019


In a week crammed with a British election and the first round of peace talks …

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Why a reset on capitalism is a good idea

by Rashmee

Posted on December 10, 2019 / The National


It has been 130 years since Andrew Carnegie wrote The Gospel of Wealth, an …

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A new gospel of wealth, 130 years after the one written by Andrew Carnegie

by Rashmee

Posted on December 6, 2019


It’s been 130 years since Andrew Carnegie published ‘The Gospel of Wealth’, which is considered …

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A five-point plan to reform capitalist democracy

by Rashmee

Posted on December 5, 2019


Is anyone surprised that the US and UK are the most unequal of the western …

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Is this an inflection point, just like 1989?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 15, 2019


In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. A couple of years later, the Soviet Union collapsed. …

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The man who built BRICS now breaks down world disorder

by Rashmee

Posted on October 9, 2019


Jim O’Neill recently wrote that the growing discontent in the world is the result of …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK