I have been meaning to respond to this particular mail in this thread for sometime. Between a Swaminathan Aiyar, who sits in his cabin and theorises on inclusive macro-economics and a P Sainath, who investigates exclusion of whole communities from this growth on the field, I would - not being an economist - tend to believe in the latter. This is not what the "left" would have us believe - it is empirical reality. Some questions do pop up in my mind about "communities" that are included in the growth the "exotic" Sentinels of Andamans? would the sex-workers be included in the computation of the economy - the musahirs? Wondering as a non-economist
On 24/03/2008, Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While I am at a loss to understand how to do away with the values that > govern this development paradigm, the least I can hope is that mainstreaming > Dalits and Adivasis is going to seriously affect the 10% GDP growth (in any > case, its not a true representative of growth of the people) > > Did you mean in a positive way or negative way? I think it can affect only > in a positive way, that is, the GDP growth will go beyond 10%, as more and > more people participate in the economy, who were previously denied this > opportunity. > > By the way, the 9% growth is widely inclusive, unlike what the Left would > have us believe, but that is hardly sufficient. Take a look at this: > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Swaminathan_A_Aiyar/Swaminomics/9_GDP_growth_is_widely_inclusive/articleshow/2144464.cms > > > This requires mass take-over of institutions, whether you do it through > reservations or anything else. > > What do you mean by 'institutions'? Government institutions? Private > industry? Private property? Whatever it is, this (mass takeover) is nothing > but a prescription for disaster. The communists tried it, and the results > are there for anybody to see. Zimbabwe is the latest example of what such > social engineering experiments could achieve. > > Best regards, > Murali. > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Rohit Shetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > > > -- Bobby Kunhu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
