Reveling in inequities and basking in vainglorious pride The world is a divided kingdom with nowhere to hide As lives are lost in despicable acts of wanton ignorance and intransigence Power and politics are altars at which is sacrificed common sense Hoping against hope for a resplendent, optimistic and new beginning Where solidarity and reciprocity … Continue reading Altruism
Day: May 15, 2021
The Economics of Small Things – Sudipta Sarangi
Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle coined the term ‘dismal science’ to describe the discipline of economics. It is popularly understood that the inspiration behind such a coinage was Thomas Malthus’ (an economist) dystopian prediction about a surging population always outpacing the production of food grains, and thereby resigning humanity to a perpetual cycle of … Continue reading The Economics of Small Things – Sudipta Sarangi