Publications

Critical Thinking

In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss critical thinking, culture, India, superstition, collectivism, political correctness, and why political decay begins in the mind before it appears in government.


Why India Doesn’t Change

In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss why India does not change, arguing that corruption is only a symptom of deeper cultural irrationality, superstition, tribalism, and weak critical thinking.


The Arab Spring and After

In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss the Arab Spring, democracy, mass protests, and why Western observers often misunderstand political movements in the developing world.


India’s Exam Bureaucrats

Originally published at Mises Canada, this article discusses Komal Ganatra, arranged marriage, dowry, UPSC, Indian bureaucracy, and the vicious cycle created by superstition, gullibility, and the absence of critical thinking.


India: Poverty or Past?

In this Casey Research article introduced by Dan Steinhart, I discuss India’s investment prospects, corruption, culture, infrastructure, weak institutions, and whether rising expectations can eventually force change.


Whence Comes This Evil?

In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss the 2012 Delhi gang rape, the protests that followed, and what the episode revealed about violence, apathy, due process, feminism, and the deeper cultural decay in India.


America’s Moral Surrender

In this Dollar Vigilante article, I discuss America’s disappearing moral underpinning through my experience with US immigration, TSA, airport security, bureaucratic arrogance, and the growing acceptance of statism.


Confessions from China II

In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss China’s rapid progress, the difference between democracy and freedom, the civilizing effect of commerce, and the contradictions of Chinese society.


The ABCP Syndrome

In this Liberty Unbound article, I use asset-backed commercial paper as an example of how distorted incentives, socialized costs, regulation, and the loss of self-responsibility corrupt Western society.


Immigrants and Obama

In this Mises Canada article, I discuss Indian immigrants, culture, Obama, voting patterns, tribalism, the nanny state, individualism, and how imported cultural assumptions can affect American politics.