The Daily Digest : 20-02-2023
Some posts I recently read and recommend
Agenda control in the Indian Parliament and the impact on its oversight function
By Maansi Verma
In this insightful paper, researcher Maansi Verma has highlighted how the rules and procedures of the Indian Parliament result in the executive controlling the agenda, thus impeding the Parliament’s oversight function.
The origins of the Great Divergence
By Branko Milanovic
In this piece, Branko Milanovic reviews historian Peer Vries’ book ‘Escaping Poverty’. Vries, in his book, talks about the origins of the Great Divergence, and why the Industrial Revolution started in Britain and not in China. Milanovic’s critique towards the end of the piece is equally brilliant.