Absolute absolution

Grant this book its air of impunity. It?s uplifting. It?s heady. It?s quaint. Almost as if the ink of its…

In data we trust

Oenophiles are easily outraged, in the estimation of Ian Ayres. Not because the word sounds so shameful, but because wine…

Sheer stupidity

Naive investors are a big market, even if there is no Naivete Index yet to help make the most of…

Hazy as ever

Oil is exceptional as a commodity. Not only because this natural source of energy has played such a central role…

Lyrical levitation

Of all the liberties taken by latter generations on the way life really was in olden days, this is one…

Case for Airtelisation

About 10 years ago, when any mention of oil prices in three digits USD would have brought allegations of psychotropic…

Tata nanography

Zara aage thhe zamaane se.Somewhat ahead of his time. That?s how Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was first described to me many…

Frailty to fraternity

Okay, so China has billboards in Delhi inviting Indians to Macau, visa free. It has diplomats in Islamabad offering to…

Beauty and bliss

Know-all and know-nothing commentators on Kashmir, alike, would agree. If there?s any place on earth where natural beauty and happiness…

Very voyage worthy

Only? should be put on notice. It is a word that ought to be redefined in dictionaries across the world,…

Thus spake the guru

Nearly every top guru of a discipline has had trouble saying anything novel beyond a point. After all, the status…

Justifying intervention

Oxford professor of economics or not, former head of the World Bank?s research department or not, hanging Chad crisis or…

New threads for old

News from China, never having gone that far in person, is hard to put into context. So, when a Shanghai…

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