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Thursday, June 27, 2013

World GDP ( the Economist)

Sunday, June 23, 2013

1 Billion out of poverty



The Economist | India’s demographic challenge: Wasting time

The Economist
India's demographic challenge
India will soon have a fifth of the world's working-age population. It urgently needs to provide them with better jobs
PATNA, BIHAR
ONE of India's bigger private-sector employers can be found in Patna, the capital of Bihar, a poor, populous state in the east of the country. Narendra Kumar Singh, the boss, has three gold rings on his right hand and arms big enough to crush rocks. His firm, Frontline, has 86,000 people on its books. They are mostly unskilled men from rural areas in poor states like Bihar; thanks to Mr Singh they have jobs in cities all over India.

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations


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Geoffrey West, Santa Fe Institute, describes how cities scale


The 15th Century Book that can't be read?