A few paras from an article in The Australian, today (by an experienced senior businessman who was former chairman of Deutsche Bank, the Australian Securities Exchange and the ABC), caught my attention: I AM just back from Beijing. Its scale, amenity and civility are extraordinarily impressive, especially for a metropolis of 20 million people. It […]
Author: Sanjeev Sabhlok
Details about Sanjeev Sabhlok are found at Linkedin.
Sanjeev Sabhlok has a doctorate in economics from the University of Southern California. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1982 and resigned in January 2001 to pursue possible political and other goals. He now works in the Australian public sector in regulatory policy.
Sanjeev's book, "Breaking Free of Nehru" (Anthem Press, 2008) highlighted India’s expensive but disastrous experiment with socialism. It proposed a way forward for India to become a great nation with freedom and ethical governance. The Freedom Team of India is part of that process, of bringing together leaders who will participate in this journey to transform India.
He runs an active blog at Sabhlokcity.com.
Must watch: “The Boy Who Cried Warming”
I came across the release of this movie a few weeks ago but got to see it only now. It is very good. Its treatment of the science of climate change is excellent. Its treatment of the economics of cap and trade is not as great, though. [Indeed, its Australia section is actually incorrect.] It […]
The role of Prajapati Trivedi in modernising India’s governance
I’m pleased that Prajapati Trivedi will continue to head the performance management system of India till August 2013. To understand his approach better, I looked through slides he prepared during his tenure in the World bank, and also read a newsletter on his website. What Gets Measured Gets Done If you Don’t Measure Results,You Can’t […]
The Indian FDI fiasco, and how “my” government would have dealt with it
I've outlined some aspects of a good policy process in BFN, its Online Notes and, more recently, as part of FTI's policy framework. The proposal, today, regarding a Governance and Economic Reforms Commission (here) has added to my many suggestions for a world-class policy making framework for India. Assuming then that "my" government was in […]
While corruption booms in India, freedom plummets EVEN FURTHER.
India has dropped precipitously from 94th rank out of 141 nations to 111th rank out of 144 nations in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report co-published by Fraser Institute and over seventy other research institutes of the Economic Freedom Network. The India summary is available here. I've extracted the detailed one page […]
Much ado about nothing. The Hazare-Kejriwal “anti-corruption” fiasco.
Anna Hazare is a shrewd political strategist. He consciously exploited the esteem in which Mahatma Gandhi is held in India to raise his own image in the public mind. Behind the stage during his fast, he put up a MASSIVE photo of Gandhi. I objected sternly to this (in an old blog post). For Anna […]
Duchess Kate’s photos, painting nude Hindu goddesses, and smearing Mohammed. A solution to all these issues.
Our body is PURELY our own, and so no one can use it for private gain without our permission. That is a first principle of liberty. In most cases we don't mind if our photo is published in a newspaper or we come on a TV show. Most people will go to extraordinary lengths to […]
Indians are afraid of their own shadow, like children who find ghosts below their bed.
First of all let me assert: a) India needs 99 per cent more reforms. FDI in retail is a TRIVIAL reform. NOT a great reform. I consider it not worth mentioning. India needs LIBERTY. FDI is not even 1 per cent of liberty. It is pretty much irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things. It […]