Month: December 2013

• Rational Fools

  

  Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen, coined the term “Rational Fools” nearly 35 years ago. In his famous paper, Sen criticized the first principle of economics: “Every agent is actuated by only self-interest”. On top of this axiom of rational self-interest lie rational action and rational expectations, leading all the way up to the efficiency […]

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  December 31, 2013

  Abuse of Science, History of Science, Modeling

  Capitalism, Commons, Efficient Markets, Elinor Ostrom, Game Theory, Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Paul Krugman, Rational Action, Rational Fools

• Dilip Kumar: The Chekhovian Amateur who redefined acting

  

  Anton Chekhov revolutionized modern playwriting and short stories. And he is one my favorite writers. Thus, I remember being confused when I first read that Hemingway had said the following about him: “Chekhov wrote about 6 good stories. But he was an amateur writer”. I have never quite been able to understand why Hemingway called […]

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  December 10, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  Al Pacino, Amir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Chekhov, Dilip Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Lagaan, Marlon Brando, Method Acting, Naseeruddin Shah, Naya Daur, Robert Deniro, Shahrukh Khan, Stella Adler

• Mandela and the Sisyphean quest for freedom!

  

  It was a hot summer’s day. I remember standing in front of his cell in the Robben Island prison. He spent eighteen years of his life there. The cell was very small and a bucket had been provided to him for excrement. But this is not what moved me. What has stayed with me is the […]

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  December 5, 2013

  Political Science

  apartheid, israel, Mandela, palestine, racism, robben island, sisypheus