India — The Neverending Saga
In this Liberty Unbound article, I use the broken road outside my parents’ house in Bhopal as a picture of India’s corruption, socialism, bureaucracy, externalized costs, and deteriorating social morals.
Democracy: A Western Religion
In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss democracy, India, China, Bal Thackeray, the arrest of two young women over a Facebook post, and the Western tendency to confuse democracy with freedom.
Confessions from China
In this Liberty Unbound article, I reflect on my travels in China, my instinctive frugality, Chinese saving habits, entrepreneurship, economic growth, and why China’s rise is rooted in culture.
Are Crises Good for the Economy?
In this Liberty Unbound article, I discuss whether crises can help an economy, why the broken window fallacy remains false, and how India’s crises weakened government control and created space for private initiative.
Greece: a Lesson for All
originally published in the Casey Report of July 2010
Socialism Corrupts Society
In this Capitalism & Morality 2010 presentation, I discuss why socialism corrupts society, using India and the West to examine coercion, corruption, envy, entitlement, and the destruction of value creation.
Passage to India (pdf; pp. 31-32)
Guarded optimism (pdf; pp. 17-18)
Overcaste (pdf; pp. 11)
