Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 15, 2008	The Milton Friedman Institute is launched
Here's an excerpt from the News Release from University of Chicago. The University of Chicago is establishing a center for path-breaking research in economics to build upon the strengths of economists throughout the University and to honor the contributions of Milton Friedman, considered by many...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 12, 2008	Free lunch and Freeconomics
Chris Anderson , the editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine wrote this very interesting piece based on his forthcoming book "FREE" where he argues that following the pattern of the Web that $0.00 will be the future of business. My beef with the article at the time was this section, Milton...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Dec 27, 2007	SEZs for Sri Lanka?
I was in India when the Nandigram incidents took place, it was around March and I was traveling all over North India. At the centre of the disputew were land acquisitions meant for a Special Economic Zone(SEZ) , initiated by the West Bengal State Government (controlled by the Communist Party...... [view]