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@cremieuxrecueil Basically people like free stuff. And politicians like votes.

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@ErikaMorris79 Someone please tell this to Agarkar. He is under the delusion that it’s going to be held in India.

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@IndianTintin_ Gambhir is a prime culprit, because isn’t he always? How about Agarkar for selecting a team for subcontinental conditions? Iyer too shares blame for not backing his team. Won’t win trust and respect if he puts his own players down.

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@64MohsinKamal Another one of those golden boys who plays on talent alone without needing to back it up with performances. Add to that list Nitish, Harshit, Sai, Prasidh…

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@AjayJadeja171 Respect the conditions and don’t listen to Gambhir.

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@vikrantgupta73 That is the BCCI’s M.O. Slot faltu series right after big ones so that painful memories can be buried and the show go on.

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@magattew Be wary, very wary of those with good intentions.

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@vikrantgupta73 Given the next T20 WC is in Aus/NZ, why not pick a team likely to be successful in those conditions? Not one genuine fast bowler or wicket taking spinner in the team.

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@vikrantgupta73 If performance is the criteria, and World Cup winners like Samson can be sacked, why is Gambhir still clinging on like a leech?

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@vikrantgupta73 Agarkar shares as much blame as Gambhir for picking the wrong team for the conditions and installing a captain from cold storage who didn’t earn nor command the respect of his team.

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@sekar_vembu Education and health outcomes will improve as people do better economically leading to a virtuous cycle. Markets can cater much better to changing education dynamics and private clinics and hospitals can provide better healthcare if allowed to be genuinely free. 2/2

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@sekar_vembu I agree that there is no reason bottom up market driven change can’t create an educated and healthy workforce. Government is lumbering, inefficient and lacks incentives, markets are the opposite. It is a chicken and egg situation. 1/2

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@gauravsabnis Shreyas didn’t deserve T20 captaincy any more than Patidar who transformed a team of losers into repeat champions. His utterances taken straight from the Gambhir playbook don’t inspire respect nor confidence. Utterly shameless.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

There’s a Turkish proverb that I love:

“If you never taste a bad apple, you will never appreciate a good apple.”

You have to experience life to understand life.

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@sekar_vembu More than the sheer population numbers, it seems like the income distribution being heavily skewed downwards when compared with a country like China is the cause of low per capita income, not simply having a higher population.
https://t.co/osvt1Vx5wz

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@sekar_vembu Also, can there be a negative spiral effect of lack of economic freedoms resulting in poverty and higher population growth which in turn results in more poverty and further population growth thereby lowering per capita income far more than simply a higher population would?

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@sekar_vembu Individual freedom is but the freedom to make economic decisions without undue state meddling. It is directly correlated with GDP per capita. Sadly, India is not even on the graph.

https://t.co/uFHVqJACu4

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@sekar_vembu The real innovation in my opinion was the recognition of the individual and their right to happiness, which has no precedent. I don’t think this has anything to do with local conditions. The 91 reforms showed that it is just as applicable in a populous and poor country.

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

I've been reading the NY Times for decades, and this is one of the best pieces they have ever done. Magnificent.
https://t.co/TW6wKwiaea