National Interest
Try a daytime cruise on the Hooghly for a crash course in Left economics. On each bank, you see an endless row of dead, emptied-out shells of factories where chimneys ceased to burn years ago.



Rational Expectations
It's a sign of the way the government works, that less than a week before various financial analysts start putting out their assessments of Indian Oil Corporation for its GDR issue next month.



Gold toilet seats again
Talking of the most improbable defence purchases, there was a time when the Pentagon was accused of buying gold toilet seats.



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