Ashwin Mahesh: Balance of Aspirations

Each year the Worldwatch Institute publishes an assessment of the important environmental, economic, and social themes of the times, gathered together in a volume titled State of the World. The......

Economic growth is the best contraceptive

India's billion-strong population never fails to elicit a schizophrenic response from the ruling class. Seen from the economic perspective, there is a general consensus that population growth is a......