Ep 180: Elite Imitation in Public Policy
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Pollution Level in Dally Is Over 500 Rupees
I am amazed that people put up with so much pollution. You know, everyone knows about it, but it just seems to be, well, there's nothing we can do. And every single cafe in india seems to have a paper straw instead of plastic straw. I guess one way of looking at this problem is that the elite are using imitation and virtue signalling for their own ends. Now, if we might digress for a minute... i've also thought about something you gess about on it, where there is air pollution everywhere. That was amazing to me that there were not more people up in arms,. The state cannot find its way to supply the right denominations in the right quantities
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