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This is a decisive moment in our world history and this is a decisive question for our time: Who and What has Broken the World and Who and What will fix it?
The world and our lives are in a constant state of flux and chaos, because of the dominance of a bankrupt and disgraced economic ideology: Neoliberalism—characterised by deregulation, privatization, marketisation, monetisation, austerity, and free-market fundamentalism, devoid of any human and spiritual values and concerns, resulting in human suffering and environmental degradation.
Time to Rethink
Dear Davos participants, you began your dialogue in 1971 and this is the fruits of your annual dialogue meeting in 2026
Across the world, young and old, black and white, in rich or poor countries, people are going hungry, starving and dying.
'Indian children eat from discarded packets of food meant for railway passengers at a slum area near a railway track in Gauhati'-
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100s of millions of your fellow-human beings are starving, homeless, no health care, no medication, no education, no running clean water, no dignity, no hope: Is this right? Do you know what it means to be human? Perhaps a bit less greed on your part, could be a good start?
N.B. This Blog, originally posted in October 2024, under the title of ‘These are what I have learned from 45 years of teaching economics‘ was updated on 19 January 2026, to coincide with the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, with its main theme of ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’.
A Better World Needs A Better Economics: We Must Unlearn What We Have Learned About Economics
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“Friendship dances around the world announcing to all of us that we must wake up to blessedness.”-Epicurus
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”- Helen Keller
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”- Aristotle
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In this age of virtual friendship, with all our friends on the palm of our hand, in this age of loneliness and isolation epidemic, it seems we are more and more discovering the missing vital ingredient in our lives: Friendship and Connection.
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First published on 22 June 2025
Ferdowsi, the Poet and Storyteller-Who Captured a People's Soul, Heart, and Imagination
A copy of Shahnameh via Sam Fogg Ltd, London
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In the wake of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the war with Israel, and the ongoing socio-political, legitimacy and identical crises and protests in the country, Ferdowsi's Shahnameh remains urgently relevant for Iran today as a foundational text for national identity, cultural pride, and linguistic preservation, offering enduring ideals of justice, morality, heroism, and Iranian values amidst contemporary political, economic, and environmental crises, acting as a cultural shield against pressures that threaten to erode unique Iranian heritage. His epic poem provides a narrative of a glorious pre-Islamic past, inspiring a vision of a strong, culturally distinct Iran, and serves as a touchstone for themes of freedom and ethical governance, human rights and human dignity, contrasting with current challenges brought about by 47 years of theocracy and attempts at ‘Arabisation’ of Iran, its language and identity. All said and done, Ferdowsi provides an essential cultural and identical anchor, reminding Iranians of their rich and deep history, unique language, the language of the sages, poets and philosophers of love, as well as the enduring Persian values, making his work an urgent tool and point of reference for maintaining cultural continuity and inspiring future national aspirations.
Ferdowsi the saviour of persia, culture, language, heritage, and civilisation
'When asked recently why the vast majority of Egyptians, the heirs to a great pre-Islamic civilization, speak Arabic rather than Coptic, a leading Egyptian historian replied: ‘Because we had no Ferdowsi.’
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