We must not forget that the usual answer to any question in economics is ‘it depends’
Urban areas keep growing, but not everybody benefits
Is knowledge something to be mindlessly consumed and then discarded?
Bezos adds billions to his net worth, but the workers are still exploited
Increased securitization has increased suspicion towards any outsiders, decreasing societal bonds
Our per capital GDP may look healthy, but our society is plagued with stress
The present economic system needs to be made more egalitarian
What do cities reveal about the human condition?
Cities are locations of stark inequality
Can Bangladesh grow faster by imitating richer countries?
We must not retreat from critiquing the systematic and structural exploitation of women
It is women who have been hit hardest by the absence of trade
What does Bangladesh’s future look like?
There’s no going back at this point, we can only try to push forward
Uber Eats shutting down may not be a bad thing
Private jets for some, and pandemic war for the rest of us?
A tribute to those who lost their lives
Imposing autocracy on a thriving capitalist system is not the answer
Let’s not tempt mortal beings with the possibility of unearned money
The injustices of pseudo-capitalism have crept into our national soul
‘People are questioning at that level whether what we have today, and the world we live in today,...