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		<title>The magic of free trade</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/09/the-magic-of-free-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy: classical liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Towards a Great India editorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Smith showed in 1776 that we become richer each time we trade. Both sides gain. Free societies therefore do not indulge in the futile battle between winners and losers. Everyone can be a winner. Wealth creation is not a zero-sum game. The size of the pie is not fixed in free societies; it constantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neglect politics at your peril</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/09/neglect-politics-only-at-your-peril/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Towards a Great India editorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn&#39;t mean politics won&#39;t take an interest in you! &#8211; Pericles (430 B.C.) Of the things we take for granted in our lives, politics must surely rank the highest. Politics determines policy, and policy determines our lives. It impacts whether our children will be around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soft racism in the West &#8211; the last frontier for equal freedom</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/09/soft-racism-in-the-west-the-last-frontier-for-equal-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Racism in Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let me preface this post by stating that most Westerners I meet are the most pleasant and decent people one can imagine. Australians have a natural knack for friendship that I find amazing, and a knack for putting you at ease. Humour and wisecracks are their forte. My critique below does not apply to most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>विनती भाइयो और बहनों से</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%94%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%87/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call for action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi blog posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Thanks to Sujith I can now publish in Hindi! This is my first Hindi post.) मेरा पहला हिंदी ब्लॉग पोस्ट बहुत सालों के बाद कुछ हिंदी लिख रहा हूँ&#124; हिंदी इसलिए जरूरी है क्योंकि कुछ चीज़ें अंग्रेजी में कहना आसान नहीं&#124; जैसे कि हम क्यों अपनें पैर पर कुल्हाड़ी&#160;मारनें पर तत्पर हैं? जब यह अब [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vivekananda&#8217;s Ode to Liberty</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/vivekanandas-ode-to-liberty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vivekananda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vivekananda wrote the following beautiful poem for his American disciples and read it to them at breakfast on 4 July 1898. The perspective on liberty (religious and social) he displays in this poem is &#160;consistent with his other comments and writings. After this poem I have documented a few of his quotations on liberty (apart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another book, The Discovery of Freedom!</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/another-book-the-discovery-of-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My book: Discovery of Freedom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading Jim Powell&#39;s book, &#34;The Triumph of Liberty&#34; yesterday and found that Rose Wilder Lane had written a book in 1943 by the same name as the one I&#39;m currently writing (The Discovery of Freedom). Apparently 1000 copies were printed, and sold out. Despite the few copies sold she became extremely influential in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those who want to live in the free society must swear an oath to freedom</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/those-who-want-to-live-in-the-free-society-must-swear-an-oath-to-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/those-who-want-to-live-in-the-free-society-must-swear-an-oath-to-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#39;m reproducing below the comment I made on Shantanu&#39;s blog, for the record. I will continue to write on religious liberty in other posts (my article on religious freedom will be published in Freedom First on 1 September). ====COMMENT=== Dear Shantanu As I&#8217;ve elaborated in The Discovery of Freedom (http://bit.ly/9dRrPE) ALL religions have displayed tendencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note of Dissent on the Memorandum of the Panel of Economists, by Prof. B. R. Shenoy</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/a-note-of-dissent-on-the-memorandum-of-the-panel-of-economists-by-prof-b-r-shenoy/</link>
		<comments>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/a-note-of-dissent-on-the-memorandum-of-the-panel-of-economists-by-prof-b-r-shenoy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian economists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Shenoy&#39;s brilliant note of dissent from Nehruvian socialism was published in India&#39;s Second Five Year Plan (1956-57 to 1960-61), as part of&#160;Basic Considerations Relating to the Plan Frame, a Memorandum prepared by the Panel of Economists, Planning Commission (April 1955). I scanned his note some years ago from a publication by the Economics Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s avoid utopias</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/lets-avoid-utopias/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy: classical liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This video illustrates the key difference between classical liberalism and libertarianism. This libertarian video is not what I advocate, for it&#160;fails to recognise the science of human nature. It denies the need for a sovereign state and social contract. It is utopian. I don&#39;t advocate utopia. Yes, by all means have simplicity, but there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to World 2.0</title>
		<link>http://sabhlokcity.com/2010/08/welcome-to-world-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeev Sabhlok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The common man now matters. Finally we are rid of the obligation to only read inane commentary&#160;in newspapers&#160;by opinionated boors and politicians masquerading as the sole custodians of wisdom and competence. We can now, finally, talk to each other and learn directly from each other. The world is now able to speak to itself through [...]]]></description>
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