US healthcare fears innovation. So did Plato in the 4th century BC
by Rashmee
Posted on September 24, 2020
US healthcare, or the lack thereof, is afflicted by a problem that would have been …
Read MoreThe centre-left cleaves to a principle enunciated by Plato
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2020
Following on from what I recently wrote about the centre-left’s fidelity to principle , it’s …
Read MoreDoes the centre-left have the ideological flexibility to take power?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 18, 2020
In the days before the coronavirus epidemic struck, there was a growing sense that the …
Read MoreLeadership and the lessons from an empire in decline – in 10th century Baghdad
by Rashmee
Posted on April 14, 2020 / The Focus
The pandemic is the first global crisis in more than 50 years where no country …
Read MoreLeadership and the lessons from an empire in decline – in 10th century Baghdad
by Rashmee
Posted on April 9, 2020
This is the first global crisis in more than 50 years where no country is …
Read MorePlato used the image of the political leader as a doctor. That is particularly true in a pandemic
by Rashmee
Posted on March 31, 2020
Taiwan’s remarkably effective response to the coronavirus pandemic is thought to be in some measure …
Read MorePlato explains the confusion over Brexit in UK courts
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2019 / Quartz
Three different UK courts have issued three different rulings on prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision …
Read MoreShould a class in practical ethics be compulsory for politicians?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 12, 2019
I was reading bioethics professor Peter Singer’s piece on practical ethics when I remembered ‘The …
Read MoreHow Al-Farabi drew on Plato to argue for censorship in Islam
by Rashmee
Posted on November 12, 2018 / Aeon
You might not be familiar with the name Al-Farabi, a 10th-century thinker from Baghdad, but …
Read MoreWe’re seeing Plato’s prediction unfold as a 3-act play: democracy, oligarchy, tyranny
by Rashmee
Posted on November 2, 2018
It’s become a familiar dirge: democracy is in decline and strongmen are on the rise.…
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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