Inequality
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The Broken Compact
The author argues that the incremental Indian and American Dream, in which education and merit lead to mobility, has expired for a generation. He sees a new South Asian left…
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Zia-Era Pakistan & Today’s India
Commenting on a reader’s dismissal of comparing Zia-era Pakistan with Modi’s India, X.T.M notes both pair economic growth with cultural conservatism, and asks whether right-wing politics is how societies answer…
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A Postcard from Princeton
A postcard from a visit to Princeton, admiring its curated elegance while arguing that the town is a gated community whose wealth underwrites academics’ ideals. The author also says anti-Asian…
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South Asian nations
Razib Khan dislikes the ‘GDP wars’ between India, Bangladesh and Pakistan and argues that health indicators are a harder-to-fake comparison, saying Pakistan is now the subcontinent’s ‘slow kid’ and that…
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Stolen oppression
Reacting to a psychiatrist’s lecture about shooting white people, the author argues that educated, resourced brown Americans are not underprivileged, and claims most white Americans are worse off.
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Farmers vs Government: The Benefits and Limits of Democratic Redistribution
The author argues that India’s democracy let its large farming population keep a steady share of redistribution during globalisation-led growth, unlike one-party China and Vietnam, where farm incomes fell relative…
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Brahmin please!
Discussing a study following Swedish families over seven generations, the post notes that ancestors’ status shapes life chances long afterwards despite high mobility, which fits Gregory Clark’s work on persistent…
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American Caste (b)
The author argues that America faces a national crisis in maths competence, citing 2018 PISA scores in which only 8 per cent of US students reached Level 5, against far…
