Feudalism

MORE people speak Javanese than Malay, Burmese or even Thai. Indeed, 95 million people, or fully 40% of Indonesias 265 million strong population, are Javanese speakers. However, Javanese is not the national language of the Republic. That is Bahasa Indonesia,…

NTA UGC NET December 2019 Social Work Paper can be easily cracked in first attempt, if the candidates start practicing the previous year papers of UGC NET Social Work Paper-2 Exam. Practicing of previous year papers in online mode can help in improving your s…

(This is the last post in a two-part series. You can see Part One here.) The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best social studies lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? In Part One, Carina Whiteside, Denise Fawcett Facey,…

REVIEW ESSAYHow to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the Twenty-First Centuryby Erik Olin WrightVerso, 2019, 176 pages The Socialist Manifestoby Bhaskar SunkaraBasic Books, 2019, 256 pages As the Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989, so too, it seemed, did the dream of soci…

TAK lapuk dek hujan, tak lokang dek paneh is an untranslatable saying in Negri Sembilan essentially meaning that our traditions will continue for eternity, and indeed this was invoked at the Istiadat Ulangan Penghulu-Penghulu Luak Tanah Mengandung Mengadap la…

…Ruga is 18th century practice, cant work now By Clifford Ndujihe & Chiebuka Ndujihe Last Monday, we ran the first part of an engaging interview with  Elder Statesman and Pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Professor Anya O Anya…

The 2020 presidential field is saturated with candidates decrying wealth inequality and making the argument to soak the rich. One front-runner, for instance, is constantly denouncing the millionaires and the billionaires. Ominously, a New York Times poll foun…

A Big Storm The Day Before Thanksgiving? Mother Nature is a drama queen. Yes, it's been a cold November, and where are we living when 40s feel like sweet relief? In spite of a few feeble clippers, November has been storm-free and snowfall amounts are running…

If capitalism has triumphed to become the sole socio-economic system globally, what are the prospects for achieving a fairer world? In his new book Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, Branko Milanovic examines the historical shif…

If you are interested in this book review, you can listen to a podcast of Branko Milanovic speaking at the LSE public event, ‘Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World’. Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World.…