The Book Club

How the smartest guys in the room became the latest American Hick-Libs

The champions of digitalisation claim that “India is upgrading – from an offline, cash, informal, low productivity economy to an online, cashless, formal, high productivity economy.” In fact, the manner in which digitalisation is being imposed on various sectors of India’s predominantly informal economy does not bring about true formalisation or raise the productivity of the vast majority of working people; rather, it serves to enrich the corporate sector, including global corporations, at the expense of that vast majority.

What is the significance of the life and teaching of Mahatma Gandhi? Is the story of his life “the story of his experiments with truth,” as he himself put it in the 1920s when he started writing his autobiography?

The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has held 95 meetings with eight repressive monarchies in the Middle East since the ‘Arab Spring’ protests of 2011 threatened their power. Charles has played a key role in promoting £14.5-billion worth of UK arms exports to these regimes in the last decade.

Navigating the Moral Quagmire of Dam Targeting in Warfare

“Wherever There Is Gold, There Will Be Spies Lurking About !” – Paul Collin ( circa: 2002 )

Western sanctions and export controls were meant to subdue enemies of the U.S. but instead have led to a shadow economy.

A look at how declining U.S. dollar shares in official reserves and increasing demand for gold holdings reflect the actions of a small group of countries.

The IDF's renewed assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and its retaliatory massacres in Rafah show Israel has no plan for Gaza other than to kill and destroy, but without achieving military victory.