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Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
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Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar writes Swaminomics, a personal blog at swaminomics.org about economics and politics. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for columns on Indian economic policy, including patents and climate talks. One commenter cites a column as explaining the Novartis/Glivec patent case well, and another offers a column as a counter-argument on climate talks.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
Although I agree with you that the premise of their defense is rather nonsensical, in this particular case (Novartis/Glivec) it was no socialistic move of policy but rather a prudent decision in clear-cut evergreening. This[1] columnist elaborates it very well, explaining how popular perception of the event is wrong on both sides. [1] http://swaminomics.org/west-should-learn-from-indias-high-pa...
Comment linking /west-should-learn-from-indias-high-patent-standards/
on “Non-Indians have benefited most from patent regime in India”Submitted West should learn from India’s high patent standards as a story · 1 points
HN discussionA counter argument - http://swaminomics.org/a-climate-summit-that-matters-little/ From the perspective of India or for that matter any developing nation aspiring to free its people from the shackles of poverty the above argument is commonsensical (sic) while the Slate article is condescending and biased in favour of developed countries. Excerpts from the above article - Copenhagen hardly matters. If it doesn’t produ…
Comment linking /a-climate-summit-that-matters-little/
on “India blocking climate talks: Warsaw, Bangkok, and Kyoto negotiations”