The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Educating with FDI
THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST foreign investment in elementary education put forth by the National Alliance for Fundamental Right to Education do not sound convincing. The principal objection appears to be that such investments will not reach out to the ... More

ECONOMY

Policy flip-flops and crisis of confidence
ABOUT two-thirds of the US economy depends on consumer spending. The US Federal Government offers substantial tax cuts to enable consumers spend more money, so that the economy is kick-started. With the spate of job and pay cuts, and the ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Contradictions at Earth Summit
Sustainable development will be helped if the governments of rich countries scale down the various subsidies they shower on their farmers and if the governments of poor countries cease to persecute their peasantry. But few heads of state are likely t o take such a global, long-term view. Each of them will want to defend his own national interests and agenda, points out Sharad Joshi. More

POLITICS

Unbecoming of Government
THE Government must be pleased with itself for bringing about the consummation it was devoutly pushing for: Issuing the Ordinance amending the Representation of the People Act with provisions tantamount to a blatant rejection of the Supreme ... More

The changing focus of power politics
THE world has changed greatly since the early 1990s when this column began to keep an eye on it. Historians will say that the change is superficial. But since each generation must find its own answers to the challenges of the age, there is little ... More

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