Mass immigration ain’t Uncle Sam’s cup of tea!

Will the immigration reform bring relief to millions of illegal aliens in the United States? piece of advice for progressives trying to figure out where they stand on immigration reform: It’s the political economy, stupid. Analysing the direct economic gains & losses from proposed reform isn’t enough. You also have to think about how the reform would affect the future political environment. To see what I mean – and why the proposed immigration bill, despite good intentions, could well make things worse – let’s take a look back at America’s last era of mass immigration. My own grandparents came to this country during that era, which ended with the imposition of severe immigration restrictions in the 20s.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Yet another giant shot dead. Do we rejoice at the killing?!

The rumble of death
Much beyond the meteorological reports and satellite scans, there is this one sign that unerringly foretells the misery that will befall men in times of a deluge: that of the elephant leaving its thicket for safer shores, in herds, tuskers up front, calves ensconced in the middle, mothers by their side; the earlier they leave, the worse the fury of the flood to come. In Assam, a home to over 5,000 of the world’s 32,000 Asiatic elephants, however, that tie with revered “Ganesh Baba” has all but snapped, with the toll in the now infamous and ongoing man-elephant conflict at a shocking 200 persons an year in India, with the count of jumbos killed yearly in the country touching an alarming 300.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Dangerous chemicals

The bad odour stays for the whole day and there is nobody to come and save us from this agony.” And on being asked about the government’s initiatives to cater to the sad state of affairs, pat came the reply from another fellow- sufferer Montu, who is currently employed in one of the factories, “We had visited the councillor. Inspite of being a localite he has done nothing about it!” Due to this waste being thrown into the river, the bacteria which regenerates in the toxic water (thus keeping it clean) is also gradually getting wiped-out, thereby making the whole situation even more critical. And as Soumen Basu, an environmental expert expresses his fears, “Dangerous chemicals like chromium, sulphur and manganese are getting deposited more and more. People now have the risk of suffering diseases like blood cancer and vision problems.”

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Negroponte’s energy saving laptop – 4,060 INR

This is the famous “One Laptop per Child” laptop that was conceived by Nicholas Negroponte. It has an LED screen that is easily readable in the sunlight, 256 MB of RAM, an AMD processor and is designed for rough use as it was after all made for mischievous children. This low power-consuming laptop might even pave the way for energy conservation for our current range of laptops and PCs. Here's a toast to the path-breaker!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative