Monday, November 14, 2011  Pavlovian Prescription  Atanu Dey
suggests a simple technique to bolster national security:  Is
there a way out? An economist would respond, “Yes, get the
incentives right.” My proposal is to create the mechanism which
would transmit the pain of terrorism to the leaders. In a sense,
I advance the creation of a nervous system that carries the pain
signals to the brain. The incentive mechanism I propose involves
public flogging but is not limited to that.   san said...  I
don't think any Indian leader will subject themselves to any
sort of punishment.  We need to grow the middle class, in order
to hold the politicians accountable. It's the middle class which
is not so elite as to be removed from hardship, and yet not so
weak so as to be intimidated by the establishment. When the
problem is dysfunctional democracy, the answer is to make it
functional by creating the basic architecture for democratic
accountability, and the middle class is the basis for that.