• Freedom and equality: when are they mutually exclusive?

    by Sarita Sapkota | 02 September, 2010

    In the article 'Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy', Lawrence W. Reed stated his first principle as "Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free". Not referring to equality as the equality before law and purely taking it in a sense of material wealth, many people I know find the statement agreeable but somehow they don't like the sound of it and in a political setting like ours, its only predictable.

  • Youths dream Peace and prosperity

    by Surath Giri | 19 August, 2010

    The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. —Friedrich Nietzsche. While the International Youth Day has just been marked with the usual highlights, the young people all over were eager and excited about the various programs they took part on that particular day.

  • साँचो प्रजातन्त्रले नै जनतालाई शत्ति दिन्छ

    by केन डेभी | 25 April, 2010

    डेमोक्रेसी शब्द ग्रीक शब्दहरु "डेमोज"; जसको अर्थ जनता र "क्रेटोज"; जसको मतलब शक्ति वा शासनबाट लिइएको हो । त्यही भएर प्रजातन्त्र भनेको जनताको शासन हो । धेरै देशहरु जो आफूलाई प्रजातान्त्रिक राष्ट्र भनेर दाबी गर्छन् उनीहरुको सरकारको स्वरुपमा थुप्रै भिन्नता छ ।

  • बिहारको वृद्धि

    by Arthaprkash Vidyarthi | 10 February, 2010

    नयाँ वर्ष २०१० को उपलक्ष्यमा भारतबाट नेपालीहरुलाई खुसीको समाचार । भारतको केन्द्रिय तथ्याङ्क विभागको रिपोर्टको अनुसार भारतीय राज्यहरु मध्ये सबैभन्दा कमजोर अर्थतन्त्र मानिएको बिहारमा सन् २००४-०९ को अवधीमा ११ प्रतिशतको आर्थिक वृद्धि गरेको छ ।

  • गरिवी हासिल गर्नका लागि रणनितीहरु

    by Leon Louw | 26 January, 2010

    ँगरिबी हासिल गर्न ध्यानपूर्वक योजना गर्न जरुरी छ । केही चिरपरिचित अत्याधुनिक रणनीतिहरु जसले गरिबीबढाउँछन् ती हाम्रो पहुँचमा छन् ।

  • सम्पत्ति

    by Ludwig Von Mises | 18 December, 2009

    मानव समाज सहकार्य गर्नका लागि व्यक्तिहरुको संघ हो । एक्लो व्यक्तिको कार्य भन्दा श्रम विभाजनको सिद्धान्त अनुसार सहकार्य गर्दा उच्च उत्पादन हुन्छ । यदि केहि संख्यामा मानिसहरुको श्रम विभाजनको सिद्धान्त अनुसार सहयोगात्मक ढंगले काम गरेमा उनीहरुको उत्पादन अन्य सम्पूर्ण कुरालाई स्थायी राखेर हेर्दा एकल दक्ष व्यक्तिहरुले गरेको कार्यको जोड भन्दा अझ बढि हुन्छ । यहि सत्यमा सम्पूर्ण मानव सभ्यता स्थापना भएको हो ।

  • Economic growth and the new constitution

    by Shristi Khadka | 07 December, 2009

    The combination of the two conditions-- ceiling and confiscation— puts a check on optimum utilization of all kinds of resources from human to natural. And when there is no optimum utilization of resources growth is not possible.

  • Planning and poverty alleviation in Nepal

    by Shristi Khadka | 05 November, 2009

    Poverty alleviation, the guiding principle of almost all development planning in Nepal, is still the main agenda. The efforts from potpourri of actors—state, market, I/NGOs, CBOs and donors—for almost five years have been meager in Nepal.

  • Improving Nepalese Education through Choice

    by Surath Giri | 10 May, 2009

    Though the government has been spending millions of rupees in operating expenses and infrastructures of education, the quality of Nepalese education is next to nothing. So what wrong with the Nepalese Education???

  • खुला व्यापार नै उत्तम नीति

    08 April, 2009

    संरक्षणवादको भूत चढ्दो छ। यो सधै खतरनाक र मूर्ख नीति हो, जुन आर्थिक संकटको अवस्थामा अझ बढि विनाशक हुन्छ, त्यसले विश्व अर्थतन्त्र लाई झन् हानि पुर्‍याउँछ। राज्यको समृद्धिको आधार भनेको मुलुक भित्रका उत्पादकहरुलाई सरकारले एकाधिकार प्रदान गर्नु संरक्षणवादको मूल तर्क हो।

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    • Freedom and equality: when are they mutually exclusive?

      by Sarita Sapkota | 02 September, 2010

      In the article 'Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy', Lawrence W. Reed stated his first principle as "Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free". Not referring to equality as the equality before law and purely taking it in a sense of material wealth, many people I know find the statement agreeable but somehow they don't like the sound of it and in a political setting like ours, its only predictable.

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    • काठमाडौंबासीहरुको बिजोग ।

      by Surath Giri | 02 September, 2010

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      24 June, 2010

      Chandra Tiwari of Nina and Hager a brand name in the Nepal market of meat and processing shared his experience and journey as an entrepreneur at Last Thursdays on May 27th 2010, organized by Entrepreneurs of Nepal and Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation.

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