Global Regional Trade Alliances Allow me to set a proper context for the motivation behind this post. Predictably Irrational I like the title of Duke University Professor Dan Ariely’s book, Predictably Irrational. It makes us wonder why smartest individuals on earth engage into self-defeating behavior, irrational choices, and make enormously consequential bad decisions. We see …
China and India: Economic Growth – Lessons from Asian Tigers and Singapore As discussed in a prior blog post, choices nations make have unmistakably long-term consequences. There is no simple or single explanation as to why some nations thrive, consistently, over a long period; and others falter, unforgivably. It was gratifying to discover abundant, quality …
The other day I came across an excellent thoughtful piece by Mr. Arvind Singhal at The Economic Times (October 9, 2012) extolling the virtue of making decisions based on quality data; not on kneejerk, emotion-induced actions. He notes and I agree that “The India of today would, perhaps, be among the most emotion-driven societies in …
American Indian Tribes: Role of Education Education is the foundation of individuals, families, communities, nations, and democracy. As the U.S. Department of Education correctly notes: “… In this new information age, driven by science and technology and an increasingly competitive global economy, the future of our children will depend, in part, on the quality of …
Born and raised in India, experiencing self-governance firsthand through “Panchayats” in rural India that grapple with the issues of rural health, welfare, education, unemployment, corruption, irremediable factional politics and corrosive struggle for power and control of resources, and environment, American Indian societies in the United States hold a special place for me. I set out …