6 Dec 2023 Men’s One Day International Series West Indies Vs England Second ODI, Antigua West Indies 202 ao off 39.4 ov.  S Hope 68 off 68, 6 fours, 1 six, Rutherford 63 off 80, 7 fours, 1 six, Shepherd 19 off 16, 4 fours, S Curran 3-33, Liam Livingstone 3-39, Atkinson 2-28, Ahmed 2-40. England 206-4 off 32.5 ov Jacks 73 off 72, 6 fours, 4 sixes, Brook 43 no off 49, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Jos Buttler 58 no off 45, 4 fours, 3 sixes, Motie 2-34, Rutherford 1-24, Shepherd 1-27. England win by 6 wickets Shai Hope’s … Continue reading West Indies win the ODI series 2-1

India is at a crossroads today, its growth rate, while respectable relative to other large countries, is too low for jobs for youth, need intense competition in low-skilled manufacturing increasing protectionism globally and growing automation, make the situation still more difficult. India broke away from the standard development path from agriculture to low-skilled manufacturing, then high-skilled manufacturing and finally services, a long time back by leapfrogging the intermediate steps.  Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and Rohit Lamba, an economist at Pennsylvania State University explain  how we can accelerate economic development by investing in people , … Continue reading Roadmap for India

Tudor historian John Guy, teams up with his wife and fellow historian Julia Fox to provide an insight into the relationship  between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was shrewder and more powerful than Henry who was more sensitive and vulnerable. Their story is one of the most remarkable in history a long courtship followed by shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband’s passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone.  Anne and Henry’s relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at … Continue reading Exhilarating portrait of love, lust, politics, intrigue, betrayal and power

Time has been defined and controlled by the powerful, but we can reclaim control  as shown by pioneering economist Guy Standing . The Ancient Greeks organised time into five categories: Work, labour, recreation, leisure and contemplation. Labour was onerous, whereas leisure was schole, and included participation in public life and lifelong education. Since the industrial revolution, our time has been shaped by capitalism, our jobs are supposed to provide all meaning in life, our time outside labour is considered simply “time off”, and politicians prioritise jobs above all other aspects of a good life. Today, we are experiencing the age … Continue reading Taxes the time of all but the elite

Reframing of US economic, institutional and intellectual history of the organisational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative, that administration coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organisation both public and private.  In the pre-war decades America’s large multi-national corporations like General Motors were seen in Europe as the model for how big business should be run, as some people believed, would soon be ruling the world. Alhtough that of course did not happen, many of those once-admired corporates have not survived the destruction that swept through US business … Continue reading Rise & fall US corporate giants transition from a capitalist to Managerial society

German-born, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations, who played critical role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100 in Connecticut. Although he left office in the mid-1970s, he was consulted by generations of leaders for decades. Henry Kissinger will be remembered for his achievements in advancing the cause of peace. Born in 1923 as Bavarian native, son of a school teacher who first came to the US in 1938 when his family fled the Nazis, became a US citizen … Continue reading Kissinger dies aged 100