A dose of Keynesian policies avoided the Great Depression and the rise of militaristic fascism; the capitalist democracies of the West instituted social safety nets; the Soviet Union avoided Stalinism and became a social democracy; following independence, the third world prospered through liberal policies; and by the first quarter of the 21st century, a liberal global order of unprecedented peace and prosperity looked achievable within a generation.
May 15, 2007
May 11, 2007
Free Tasneem
We heard earlier today that Tasneem Khalil, a young Bangladeshi journalist and a fellow blogger (Tasneem’s blog), was picked up by the army in the early hours of the morning from his home in Dhaka. What is his crime? Why has he been arrested? (more…)
May 5, 2007
On hijab
Anyone returning to any major European (and some American or Australian) cities after a decade or so would notice that there are many more women with the hijab in the streets. This is partly because of migration. Thousands of Muslims from the Middle East and Africa as well Desh enter these cities every year, and there are many more Muslims today than a decade earlier. If the proportion of the hijab-wearing women remained same, then there would still be many more hijabs in the streets. Plus, the proportion of the hijab‑wearing women in these cities probably has actually risen in the past five years so.
