tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post373156901354724566..comments2024-03-27T17:16:12.789+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: Interesting readingsAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-27991770165505314282010-09-08T12:10:32.423+05:302010-09-08T12:10:32.423+05:30ismr,
A relevant interesting read:
http://en.wik...ismr, <br /><br />A relevant interesting read:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population<br /><br />India's population is twice that of all the countries you have mentioned COMBINED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-32985386968248000672010-08-24T01:40:59.806+05:302010-08-24T01:40:59.806+05:30Ajay - regarding Ila's article on the Lant Pri...Ajay - regarding Ila's article on the Lant Pritchett paper, one gets the impression that it is all about market reform. She implies a clear causation as below - <br /><br />' A focussed study of dalits finds that the growth of the market economy has ushered in a reduction in caste and social inequality with an impact more fundamental and far reaching than the changes in average income or expenditure patterns.'<br /><br />In fact the paper is a lot more careful about making this distinction than this article by Ila is. As the paper states - <br /><br />'Moreover, in the present work we make no attempt to distinguish among the potential driving causes of these shifts by disentangling the political (the rise of the BSP in U.P.), economic (market oriented reforms and rapid growth), exogenous social (e.g. exposure to media), or technological (introduction of tractors and irrigation) explanations. But what needs emphasis is that during this period, as per their own self-assessment, the social well-being of large numbers of Dalits advanced even faster than their material well-being. Certainly this additional human freedom should count as an ¿and¿ in assessing the achievements of the market reform era.'<br /><br />This is an important distinction between correlation and causation, someone of Ila's stature could do better in making that clear in her article.Yunhinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-74487392703224604462010-08-20T14:34:29.629+05:302010-08-20T14:34:29.629+05:30Another interesting read:
http://seekingalpha.com...Another interesting read:<br /><br />http://seekingalpha.com/article/220713-country-market-caps<br /><br />Chech out india market cap relative to world.. its more than Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Aus...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com