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Mudit Kapoor and I have an op-ed in Mint tomorrow about an economic model that is rarely/never discussed in the debates around poverty re...

David Pilling has lunch with Jagdish Bhagwati . This is JB at his charming best. Even the missing Nobel is discussed. 

Fascinating factoids from World Bank economist, Branko Milanovic: You need an annual income of just $34,000 a year to be in the richest 1% ...

Swami Aiyar channels Ambedkar in his criticism of well-meaning village empowerment, a subject made topical by the AAP party's moves to...

Weekend long read 2: Arun Shourie delivers a masterclass on the political economy of reforms. A must read for anyone interested in why it ...

Nine reasons why the U.S. ended up more car dependant. 

Weekend read 1: A very thoughtful New York Times magazine story . Long, but worth reading to the end. 

Vivek Dehejia on middle class revolutions in the context of the recent AAP party win in New Delhi and the confusion that followed. 

First Bill Gates wrote his 2014 Gates Letter . Bill Easterly responded in the Financial Times . And Chris Blattman graded the original lett...

And another dimension of urbanization, and the role Uber may play in this . An Amazon for urban transport and logistics?

Paul Romer discusses with Bill Bratton at perhaps the single most important issue in a fast urbanizing world, especially in the developing...

This is brilliant use of historical space; an old cathedral that's been converted into an amazing book shop . I have been to Zwolle bef...

Arvind Panagariya and Jagdish Bhagwati discuss why growth matters with Sadanand Dhume and Pravin Krishna. Arvind, as always, is compelling ...

Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund, presents an interesting and easy to understand lecture on the economy as machine ...

Excellent profile of Raghuram Rajan in Caravan Magazine. Strangely, no mention of the Fischer Black...

Overpopulation is not the problem , says Erle Ellis.

Fantastic read. Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems . (Via Marginal Revolution)

Seems like The Idealist is a must read book for anyone in the development business. The sub-title reads "Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest ...

These have to be among the most high-brow jokes in the world. Sample 1:   The barman says: “We don't serve faster-than-light particl...

Dalibor Rohac makes an eloquent defence of cynicism .

Fred Bergsten on Sweden. Money quote: "The country’s guiding principle is that a successful social welfare society must be fiscally c...

Blast from the past. Rush featured in an excellent documentary called Rush: Beyond the Light . 

Isher Ahluwalia thinks Hyderabad shows the way. 

A lot more than you might think, according to A tlantic Cities . The original paper is here . 

My op-ed, defending Arvind Panagariya's EPW paper on malnutrition ( link ) appeared in Mint last week. I am also reproducing the full ...

Mr Soros provides fantastic insight into global currencies, the renminbi peg, the great crisis, financial sector reform etc in these convers...

One of my favourite talks at TED Global in Oxford just went live. Enjoy.

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Thom Yorke. Flea. Live. Need I say more?

(via Benku) I am a fan of the Wayback Machine . It should come as no surprise then that I am now addicted to the Mannahhatta Project (that...