Geo-Economics
Rakesh Ahuja @DwnlodingMyMind · Jun 28
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other." American philosopher, Eric Hoffer ('The Ordeal of Change', 1952).
Rakesh Ahuja @DwnlodingMyMind · Jun 28
Karl, missing you!
Comrade
@MikeCarlton01
, "gargantuan effort", you ask?
Bezos’s $50 million wedding pales as a mere modest display of opulence compared to Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant’s wedding last year. That cost around $750- $900 million. Performers included Rihanna ($6-9 million), Justin Bieber ($10 million) and Kate Perry ($?). A pre-wedding Luxury European Cruise for some 800 VIP guests cost around $120 million.
Guests to the wedding in India included: Microsoft Founder, Meta CEO, Blackrock CEO, Disney CEO, Morgan Stanley CEO, Bank of America Chairman, Ivanka Trump, Qatar Premier, Rothschild Chair, Adobe CEO, King & Queen of Bhutan. Former UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson were among the political figures paid to attend the event.
Rakesh Ahuja @DwnlodingMyMind Feb 3, 2025
Economic Literacy
This is economic illiteracy, propagating more illiteracy of the mind.
ANI @ANI Feb 2, 2025
#WATCH | #DelhiAssemblyElection2025 | At Delhi's RK Puram public meeting, PM Modi says, "...If someone had a salary of Rs 12 lakhs at the time of Jawaharlal Nehru - one-fourth would have gone to tax; if today have been the govt of Indira Gandhi - Rs 10 lakhs of your 12 lakh would have gone to govt as tax. Even just 10-12 years back, in Congres time - if you had a salary of Rs 12 lakhs - Rs 2,60,000 would have gone as a tax. After yesterday's budget of the BJP govt - those who earn Rs 12 lakh will not have to pay a single rupee as tax..."