3-person babies & the need to rethink eugenics. Not about playing god
by Rashmee
Posted on January 31, 2015
Now that MPs are to vote on whether Britain should become the first country in …
Read MoreThe digital road is the only way towards faster, holistic development
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2015
Bjørn Lomborg recommends the digital road out of poverty as for the developing world. Mr …
Read MoreAmerican fat cats aren’t financing trust fund babies in the way some think
by Rashmee
Posted on December 30, 2014
Even though Thomas Piketty said it, the facts don’t support the theory that inheritance has …
Read MoreThe internet has reduced inequality but this is not recorded. Yet
by Rashmee
Posted on December 12, 2014
An Indian cabbie in Abu Dhabi unwittingly illustrates Berkeley economics professor J. Bradford DeLong ‘s …
Read MoreWe’re too smart to buy excessively clever washing machines. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on December 5, 2014
Consumers, ie all of us, seem to be too smart to buy excessively clever washing …
Read MoreAmerica’s schools, like its best companies, need CEOs. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on October 21, 2014
Jean Desravines, chief executive officer of an American nonprofit that focuses on developing transformational school …
Read MoreOnly in London Town: Everything costs twice as much as everywhere else
by Rashmee
Posted on October 8, 2014
Simon Kelner, columnist for The Independent, tells a salutary story. Gathering with some other …
Read MoreThe beauty of urban ‘tangle’: Best observed in London, not Port au Prince
by Rashmee
Posted on July 27, 2014
Will Wiles needs to come to Port au Prince. He lives in London, writes about …
Read MoreWhy the Piketty guide to inequality is so perfectly matched to its moment
by Rashmee
Posted on June 5, 2014
J. Bradford DeLong, former deputy assistant secretary of the US Treasury and now professor of …
Read MoreBhutan balances mindfulness with modernization. Guess which one’s winning
by Rashmee
Posted on May 2, 2014
The Taj Tashi in Thimphu, Bhutan, is probably one of the most beautiful hotels …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK