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• To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic From Ancient India

  To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic From Ancient India

  In this powerful critique of the current wave of globalization, Rich urgently calls for a new global ethic, distilling the messages of Ashoka and Kautilya while reflecting on think...

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Articles

• Edicts for the Ages

  Edicts for the Ages

  "To Uphold the World carries a Foreword by Amartya Sen, and also engages seriously with his writing, together with Martha Nussbaum, on human capabilities. Rich is similarly engaged...

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Videos

• Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya, Aspen Institute, India, "Ideas India"--

  Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya, Aspen Institute, India, "Ideas India"--

  Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya: From Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Sarojini Naidu, B R Ambedkar, and even before them, Raja Ram Mohan Roy—the Indian independence...

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• Jury Findings World Bank TribunaI--Independent Peoples Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India, New Delhi, Jawaharal Nehru University, September, 2007

  Jury Findings World Bank TribunaI--Independent Peoples Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India, New Delhi, Jawaharal Nehru University, September, 2007

  Jury Findings World Bank TribunaI: The four day Independent Peoples Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank in India concluded after hearing numerous depositions indicting th...

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