tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post111538450633408854..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Sweet ironyAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1116256035471642562005-05-16T20:37:00.000+05:302005-05-16T20:37:00.000+05:30Excellent piece Abi. It wasn't very clear from Dil...Excellent piece Abi. It wasn't very clear from Dilip's article whether he supported liberalization or not. I surely missed the "reforms must happen" part in the article. In one comment on Yazad's post, Dilip clearly mentions:<BR/>"my feeling is that the reforms process has not been as wide, as rapid, as sincerely pursued if you like, as it must be."<BR/><BR/>From this point, I wasn't sure what the big argument was about: both parties seemed to agree that more reforms and not less are required.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't much later that I realized (I am not sure if I am correct or wrong) what Dilip was saying. That perhaps the reforms have affected the rich and the middle class, while leaving the poor behind. More freedom is required at individual level, and perhaps a "bottom up" type of approach is needed.<BR/><BR/>But haven't Amit and Yazad saying pretty much the same thing? They have also been arguing for faster reforms. In one of his posts, Amit Varma talks about the midday journalists who took up various jobs such as a maid, newspaper boy, flower seller etc, and concludes that greater individual freedom and lesser interference from the authority is required for the conditions of the poor people to improve.<BR/><BR/>I think I have learnt quite a bit from Dilip and Yazad and Amit. And this post is excellent summary as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1115825511118318462005-05-11T21:01:00.000+05:302005-05-11T21:01:00.000+05:30Hey Abi, got email from someone just now pointing ...Hey Abi, got email from someone just now pointing me to this that you wrote and I wanted to say, thanks a lot. You got just the point I wanted to make, and explained it better than I could.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1115450930920077932005-05-07T12:58:00.000+05:302005-05-07T12:58:00.000+05:30Yes, I too think Dilip has achieved sth very impor...Yes, I too think Dilip has achieved sth very important in that post. One is forced to take a stand on what he says. What more an article can ask for? <BR/><BR/>I too had a small post based on Dilip's and Yazad's articles. Here's the link: <A HREF="http://locana.blogspot.com/2005/05/in-defense-of-anecdotes.html" REL="nofollow">In defense of anecdotes</A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1115405415807381232005-05-07T00:20:00.000+05:302005-05-07T00:20:00.000+05:30>> He has made card-carrying libertarians acknowle...>> He has made card-carrying libertarians acknowledge -- and talk about -- certain economic policies and defend them on their impact on the poor.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, a card-carrying communist like Dilip has been made to acknowledge the success of reforms :-P And nobody had to write no article to convince him B-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com