If you cut tax rates, will companies invest more ? This is almost a religious belief in a certain party in a certain country in the world. Is it justified ? The answer, in my opinion, is mostly No. Companies make investment decisions based on markets, sales projections, competitive advantage, margin […]
If you cut tax rates, will companies invest more ? This is almost a religious belief in a certain party in a certain country in the world. Is it justified ? The answer, in my opinion, is mostly No. Companies make investment decisions based on markets, sales projections, competitive advantage, margin […]
Humans love eating meat. Vegetarians and vegans (this blogger is a vegetarian) don\’t stand a chance. In quite a few countries in the world, you simply have to starve if you are a vegetarian. In many others, your only ordering choice in a restaurant is likely to be an apology […]
If you cut tax rates, will companies invest more ? This is almost a religious belief in a certain party in a certain country in the world. Is it justified ? The answer, in my opinion, is mostly No. Companies make investment decisions based on markets, sales projections, competitive advantage, margin […]
With elections not so far away, here are five questions you can encourage people to ask of their prospective representatives. We used these in the last general elections, and had encouraging results. They were re-printed by others and spread over a fairly wide area in Varanasi and Lucknow regions. Many […]
The US has been there before many times. And yet they do it again and again. Granted that logic and thoughtful action is not a feature of the current US administration. But still, you would have thought they would have read up what happened when they tried it last time. […]
(carnaticdurbar.com) This blogger is a recently turned fan of Indian classical music. Being the weirdo he is, it is only to be expected that he would turn his attention to the economic side of this . Yes, I know it’s weird with a capital W that instead of humming a […]
This blogger knows a thing or two about procuring visas , having had to endure this torture hundreds of times for nearly 30 years now. Indians, as is generally well known, are not welcome anywhere. The visa regimes of every country is designed to make it as difficult as possible […]
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong should go on TV and broadcast to his countrymen that Singapore has “arrived”. The mighty US is scared of little Singapore. Perhaps a national holiday in Singapore will be declared to mark the event ! I am referring to the US government blocking the bid […]
In democracies, the will of the people is supposed to be supreme. The forum for expression of the will of the people is the parliament. All laws and policies are enacted by the parliament and you need a majority of the elected representatives to pass any bill. Issues are debated […]
It’s very simple really to most people and that’s why its such a complex problem. The problem of executive pay (lets just take CEO pay as a proxy to make it easier to analyse). For the left, CEOs are greedy bastards who make too much money, when lower level staff […]
I received an email from a classmate of mine, who is now the CFO of a large Indian company. It was such a lovely story that I asked for his permission to publish it in my blog. It is contextually, very Indian and the specifics may be unfamiliar to an […]
There are various ways to vent out road rage. I am trying a novel experiment here to douse the fire that is consuming me. By attempting to write a law !! Read on and see if you agree. Office of the Frustrated Motorists of BangaloreMiddle of Nagwara JunctionBangalore – 56004525th […]
Many men of this blogger’s vintage are seriously challenged when it comes to matters of fashion. This blogger is a card carrying member of the tribe who behaves like this when it comes to clothes – A few shirts and a few trousers, all looking very similar, hang in the closet – […]
The war for the future of the retail trade in the world is going to be fought in India. It has happened by default, but happen it nevertheless has. The irony hasn’t struck the policymakers in India as yet – they of the medieval dinosaur disposition of still not allowing […]
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