Time and again, we see different news headlines talking about why aiding development in underdeveloped countries is paramount to betterment of the people. This begs the question, how exactly do we aid these countries? Do we spoon-feed them according to our ideologies? Or is it just monetary aid that they seek, with the government’s operational
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Deception. Cunningness. Manipulation. These divide the world into two kinds of people. The first half likes, and practices these skills. The second half is appalled by the very idea of misleading another person or an institution. The first half is called Machiavellian, whereas the second half is called innocent. So why is it that a
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Malcolm X once said “You can’t have capitalism without racism.” Exactly how much truth is there to the sentence? Is there a link between these two socio-economic concepts, even? Capitalism is an economic concept, which advocates for freedom of opportunities, whereas racism is a social idea which is based on prejudice. At the surface, they
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India has the highest number of domesticated bovine animals, approximately 294 million, making it the largest country in this regard. The husbandry of bovine animals has been the topic of multiple studies, many of which focus on the economic aspects of it. In a landmark study conducted in 1971, Alan Heston showed that there were
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Hi, I am Atma Jyoti, the newest addition to the wonderful team of Rostra. This article is in trying to connect the dots between Sherlock, con artists and economists. Before we jump in, a few words on Sherlock and Patrick Jane. We all know Sherlock. But Patrick Jane, for those who don’t know, is a
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