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Free Speech Absolutism

Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on the importance of absolute, unconstrained free speech: Free speech is about preventing the state both from forcing individuals to remain silent and from forcing individuals to say something they do not want…

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The Global Innovation Challenge

Rising unemployment and income disparity has shaken democracies across the Western world in the last year. Unemployment among young people in particular has been persistent and pervasive — the United States saw the highest ever youth unemployment in 2011, and…

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A Renaissance In Indian Science

At the recently concluded 99th Indian Science Congress in Bhubaneshwar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lamented the decline of India’s scientific prowess relative to China and other nations, while listing several of the government’s initiatives to promote research and development. The…

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A Nosy Government

Harsh and I have co-authored a piece on how government interference across industries hamstrings India’s economic performance: The irony is that farmers and billionaires alike suffer the same fate at the hands of a nosy government that wants to needlessly…