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 …

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The 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 …

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American 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 …

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The 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 …

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We’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 …

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America’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 …

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Only 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 …

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The 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 …

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Why 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 …

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Bhutan 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 …

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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