Las Vegas and the Attention Economy
On Las Vegas Strip (Image Courtesy Getty Images) I found myself on the Las Vegas Strip in early June, not wholly by.
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Robinson, Jacobs, Leguin and their continuing relevance
OnThese are “Interesting Times” in the sense of the old Chinese curse, as referenced by Pratchett. The post-war ‘liberal’ order is crumbling, and while.
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Reflections of male researcher interviewing women in Hyderabad, India – DPU blog
OnI wrote a post on the UCL Development Planning Unit blog, which draws on my experiences of interviewing women in the old city, while.
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Market reform and housing for the urban poor
OnPhoto Credit: Nikhilesh Sinha This is an extract from a blog I wrote with Anant Maringanti, Director of Hyderabad Urban Labs -.
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Lies, Damned Lies and Rape Statistics
On‘Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital’ – Aaron Levenstein Levenstein’s quote seems a suitably chauvinistic.
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Don’t Trust the Wiki-God (Especially at Election Time)
OnTruth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economise it. Mark Twain For those of you who looked up the HDI rankings.
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The Perils of Data Representation or How Not to Argue with a Narendra Modi Supporter
OnAnd now, if e’er by chance I putMy fingers into glue,Or madly squeeze a right-hand footInto a left-hand shoe… – Lewis Carroll I should.
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The State of the Union
OnThe cultural diversity of India makes it hard to compare to any other single country and it often useful to think of it as.
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Of Markets, Morals, Mice and Men
OnThe best-laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men Gang aft agley .
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Labours’ Love Lost
On“That’s the reason they’re called lessons,’ the Gryphon remarked: ‘because they lessen from day to day.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the.
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