Current Affairs
Election funding: Who pays for our political parties?
India’s 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the biggest democratic activity in terms of scale, also unsurprisingly has the distinction of being one of...
Latest SO Musings
SO Musings: The Perils of a Welfare State
What has the socialist State done in India? It has prevented freedom of choice and opportunity. It has created a shortage economy....
SO Musings: Absolute Freedom of Speech
To say that freedom of expression should be curtailed lest it offend or hurt the sentiments of people or some people implicitly...
SO Musings: The Retreat from Socialism
The reason for the retreat from socialism is that societies which tried to base their economies on ownership by the...
SO Musings: A.D. Shroff on State Monopoly
Once the State begins to intrude in the field of private or free enterprise, it will soon develop into a...
SO Musings: The Struggling Sectors
"ECONOMIC Planning," wrote Barbara Wooten "does not mean the death warrant of all private enterprise nor does it mean the passport...
Political Economy
E-Waste: A Ticking Time-Bomb
We have truly entered the digital age. Technology has permeated into every aspect of human life. Cars, smartphones...
SO Explains
Story of Delhi’s illegal butter chicken
Read our report of the (un)ease of doing business in Delhi in our latest publication- Doing Business in Delhi: A Study of...
