Webinar explores media, Covid-19, and peaceIt’s difficult to assess the impact of Covid-19 on news media since the pandemic is ongoing. However, several key trends are emerging.I discussed these pandemic media impacts during today’s “Building Peace and...

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Agriculture needs an economic stimulus

After listing a host of measures that have been taken in the past, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her series of press conferences has come up with 11 specific measures on Friday, besides two measures she had spelt out a day earlier, to provide...

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The solutions to the continuing distress in agriculture lie outside the crop fields, in economics --A brief interview

A brief interview in Kannada. I am sharing the English version. This interview was conducted by Nagesh Kn for One World Kannada. 1. What is the approximate loss incurred by Indian farmers in this Lock down? volume of Agriculture produce and the...

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From Growth Economics to Economics of Well-Being

These are cars lined up before a food bank in America Pic courtesy -- MotherJonesAt the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Economic Forum shared on Twitter a study conducted by Statista, a German online portal for statistics....

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Will Lack of Social Distancing Or Threats To Touch Someone Be Suspendable and Expellable Offenses When Students Return To School?

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Schools and students are in turmoil in California, with all pushed to distance education for fear of  the "invisible enemy" aka Coronavirus.  But what about the upcoming...

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Diluting the APMC, MSP regimes isn't a good idea

A general impression has been created by mainline economists that the main reason behind agrarian distress is the denial of freedom to farmers to sell to anyone, anywhere. This is essentially an argument seeking to demolish the massive procurement operations...

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Luxembourg Peace Prize: The honor of a professional lifetimeI’ve never much liked awards shows, and have always rolled my eyes at what I saw as ego-soaked, condescending thank-yous from the winners touting the contributions of the “people who made it...

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Despite Covid postponements, glass is at least half fullI’ll be leaving next week to teach a series of peace journalism workshops at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. From there, I head to Luxembourg to give a session at the Transatlantic Dialogue...

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Eight Things NOT To Do At A School Expulsion Hearing

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995School expulsions can be devastating for students, emotionally and otherwise, ending up with kids sent to a continuation school and damaging college entrance chances.  It...

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