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Begum Aizaz Rasul

With the enactment of the Government of India Act 1935, the couple joined the Muslim League and entered electoral politics. In the 1937 elections, she was one of the few women who successfully contested from a non-reserved seat and was elected to the U.P legislative assembly. Begum Aijaz Rasul remained a member until 1952. She held the office of the Deputy President of the council from 1937 to 1940 and acted as the Leader of…

How much foreign investment did India attract?

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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Diarization

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Galbraith’s Antidote to Economic Dogma

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Coding from my phone is absurd

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Mancur Olson on collective action

In his first book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups (1965), he theorized that what stimulates people to act in groups is incentive; members of large groups do not act in accordance with a common interest unless motivated by personal gain (economic, social, etc.). While small groups can act on shared objectives, large groups will not work towards shared objectives unless their individual…

How to value companies when you're a cokehead

Now, TAM is de rigueur in any venture capitalist’s slide deck or IPO prospectus. Its usefulness is another matter. Uber touted a $12.3tn TAM in its 2019 listing; its annual revenue today is less than $60bn. WeWork’s $3tn addressable market of office properties didn’t save it from bankruptcy. But for a company like Anthropic, TAM is as good a place as anywhere to start. Investors aren’t groping totally in the dark, thanks to…