Socioeconomic Issues
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Economists should discuss Evil Host Clubs in Japan.
It's 100% this. "Pathological K-selection mentality" describes it perfectly. That, along with the economic uncertainty amid rising costs of living that are being felt by even the...
Global Media and Indian Media don't miss a chance to demean India. The same media doesn't have the guts to show how horrible things are in so-called First world countries like the...
Most Africans are still impoverished as they were during colonialism. Could it be that colonialism did not end? Could the current political systems be running the exact systems col...
In the early days of diamond mining, mine owners struggled to make a profit. They decided the only way to fix this would be by eliminating the bargaining power of Africans on whom...
🇳🇬THE RICH || THE MIDDLE CLASS || THE POOR % of Household Population 1 South East: 67.8% || 21.6% || 10.6% 2 South West: 67.3% || 15.2% || 17.7% 3 South South: 59.4% || 25.3% |...
I thought most people who got into IIT were kids of doctors, engineers and academics. That may be middle class by some definition of spending power but definitely not middle class...
NEW: America is a rich country. Britain is a poor country with one wealthy region. People love to compare the UK to Mississippi, but it’s far more informative to look at UK subnat...
They made English compulsory and agriculture optional, we now find ourselves fluent in English on an empty stomach
A middle class student.. A 10th standerd student doing well in his bord exam and after that he wants to prepare for iit jee. His family was not economically strong but they arra...
Don't trust these people, a thread.
Partially true, but the bigger problem is that none of our IIT/IIM/IISER/AIIMS have elite patronage. Our elites send their kids to B-grade US/UK univs bcoz we do not allow them t...
One thing people really don't get is just how poor America was in the 1920s. All anyone talks about is Chicago, LA, and New York, so the general public really does not realize tha...
The problem with Indian elites is that they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed Westerners, so they chase the flashy, high-end markers of success rather than rolling up their...
I just completed my law degree from Jindal. The fees is exorbitant which only a few can afford. I was able to study there with the support of two scholarships and an education loan...
The biggest scam in the United States is the myth about prosperity due to free market. In reality, towns are dying all over America, while poverty and drug addiction are soaring....
Working as a software engineer in Egypt without academic certification can be a challenging and frustrating experience. Software engineering is a highly competitive and demanding f...
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv And some utterly damning charts. 1) a...
Reality of Taliban’s General Amnesty; 🧵The thread🧵 The general amnesty was not the decision of the Taliban. This request was made by the US in Doha Agreement, so after handing ov...
You're burning markets in Lagos in all an attempt to do the Igbos in. Fools, you're crippling Lagos informal economy and setting your people up for reprisal attacks elsewhere. Go t...
Can Brazil become a superpower? It will be an uphill battle despite the heroic efforts of the Brazilians https://t.co/ivfEBGmLGR
“It’s a piece of cake…you get three meals a day and don’t have to do shit…wake up, eat get high, wake up eat get high” repeat. A homeless woman shared with me why it’s so easy to b...
Only 4% of the students from SC and ST have access to computers with internet facilities. On the other hand, 7% of the students from OBCs and 21% from the “Others” caste group have...
Unpopular take: 1. Is there drought in Kenya?: Yes 2. Is there drought every year?: Yes 3. Do people use unsustainable methods agriculture/livestock keeping?: Yes 4. Will they eve...
