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Imagination is the key to our future
Written by Ajinkya
The UK has decided to leave the European Union. The EU itself has now far more ‘far right’ xenophobic parties in the European parliament than ever before in its history. On the back of very virulent xenophobia, Trump, otherwise a sideshow freak in the branding/entertainment industry, is now a presidential contender in the […]
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Ajinkya
i hop. thoughts and places. an eternal student to the wonder that is life. love wikileaks, kundera, tea, menial work, big open spaces, arguments, arts.
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Redefining Success: the Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. What is success? Why redefine it? What’s the deal with “sustainability”? Why is it important? If you attended the recently concluded Global Economic Symposium (GES 2013), you would have heard at least a dozen different perspectives […]
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“Nearly Eighty Percent of Our Money Doesn‘t Care about How It Generates Its Returns!”
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Martin Rich, an ex-investment banker currently with Social Finance, talked about the need for a change in mindset about investments. The major shift that perhaps defines the twentieth century is this: money has replaced people as […]
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Sustainable Lifestyles: “Are Nordic Countries Heavens?”
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. That was a rhetorical question posed by the illustrious Mr. Marti Ahtisari in the opening plenary session at GES 2013 in regards to a remark about Newsweek ranking Nordic countries the “best countries in the world.” […]
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“The Western Model of Development Is Past Its Sell-By Date!”
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Towards Sustainable Consumption.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Chandran Nair, the last speaker at the Sustainable Consumption session at GES 2013, electrified the hall with his contrarian ideas about sustainable consumption. From his perspective, the idea […]
