DU Economics
Skimpy has been writing about how people with an Economics background from Delhi University have abysmal conceptual clarity about the subject. Ok I guess I’m likely to get flak for that comment about...
View ArticleMore Mommyblogger Mockery
The Mad Momma asks: Why is it alright to be openly intolerant of children? It’s for the same reason it is alright to be openly intolerant of anything – salwar kameezes, Shashi Tharoor’s writing,...
View ArticleHow Not to Design an Airport
Ramesh Ramanathan is fuming about Bangalore’s new airport being underdesigned and underconnected (via Ajay Shah’s excellent roundup on infrastructure). As is happening far too often these days, Skimpy...
View ArticleThe First Bangalore Photowalk
After the grand success of the Sennai potowalks, Skimpy is organising the first ever Bangalore photowalk. Details below: Time and Date: 8 a.m., on Sunday 27 April Venue: K R Road, from K R Market to...
View ArticleSelfish Genes and Shafting Shareholders
Has anybody made the connection between genes and the principal-agent problem? Richard Dawkins wrote a whole book about how we are but machines to reproduce genes, and in Genome, Matt Ridley quotes...
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