Tag: india
Indian Prime Minister's shake down of private wealth
December 29, 2016 | Post
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned his country earlier this month when, out of the blue, he declared 85 percent of the nation’s currency notes null and void.
Should Paid Surrogacy Be Illegal?
October 6, 2016 | Post
NPR’s Goats and Soda recently covered a debate in India over surrogacy. In India, there is a thriving industry of women who are paid to be surrogate mothers, carrying another couple’s children. Many surrogates are impoverished women, and there are growing concerns that paying poor women to be surrogates amounts to exploitation. Some are calling […]
Markets Are Breaking Down India’s Caste System, Turning Untouchables into Millionaires
September 10, 2016 | Post
Once liberal reforms were put in place, they created choice and opportunity for many like never before. Market forces unwittingly brought about economic and thus social progress for India’s poorest and most discriminated against.