Think Pieces reviewed and written by Lakshmi and Seetha Ram

GDP, the climate crisis and how to think like an economist TYLER COWEN BLOOMBERG The Japan Times Sep 28, 2021 Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

Mental health may be the next casualty of global warming BLOOMBERG The Japan Times Sep 28, 2021 The sheer num­ber of peo­ple sus­cep­ti­ble to cli­mate-induced stress has fos­tered a sense of ur­gency Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

Lunch with Sumiko: Noeleen Heyzer on marriage, feminism and how she rose up the UN career ladder https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lunch-with-sumiko-noeleen-heyzer-on-marriage-feminism-and-how-she-rose-up-the-un-career — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/09/25/national/tokyo-unvaccinated-covid-wave/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

"It has this indefinable umami flavor, this tart, sharp quality you can't find anywhere else," he explained, describing it as "a bit of a chef's secret." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2021/09/18/food/indian-food-soy-sauce-kikkoman/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1632193636  

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/sep/20/400-year-old-hero-stones-andsculptures-found-near-madurai-2361152.html It is the main access point between Pandya and Chera countries. This is the first mountain one would meet while going from Madurai to Kerala. — Best regards Seetha Ram

Taxing problems The Japan Times Sep 18, 2021 Ky­oto is fac­ing bank­ruptcy. What hap­pens now? Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

The COVID-19 remote work revolution that wasn't ALEX K.T. MARTIN STAFF WRITER The Japan Times Sep 20, 2021 About 20 months since the virus first reached Ja­pan, the tele­work con­cept is los­ing steam — at least for now Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

The potential harms to society from the dominant platforms are not solely economic . STANFORD UNIVERSITY Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, Ashish Goel Roberta R. Katz, A. Douglas Melamed, Marietje Schaake https://fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/platform_scale_whitepaper_-cpc-pacs.pdf  

https://sathvishayam.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/pasyema-sarada-satam-tamil-meaning/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

Commendable. https://www.thebetterindia.com/261874/neha-bagoria-ecotrapin-tapu-sustainable-solutions-odourless-waterless-public-urinals-water-conservation/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007741975 — Best regards Seetha Ram

Keeping up with our COVID-19 hobbies CLAIRE WIL­LIAMSON NEL­SON, NEW ZEALAND STAFF WRITER The Japan Times Sep 04, 2021 In­cor­po­rat­ing fun into daily life helps you re­lax, stay bal­anced and even con­nect bet­ter with friends Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

Can economics keep pace with changing technology? KAUSHIK BASU NEW YORK The risk economists face now is that the ground is shifting faster than our understanding. We must call on economics' scientific imagination to rise to the challenge and examine not just the state of the world but the state of the discipline. The Japan Times Sep 04, 2021 The craft­ing of sound eco­nomic pol­icy is not purely a mat­ter of data and em­piri­cism Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, D...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166531609001072 — Best regards Seetha Ram

Charitable donations can reduce tax bills. Since this diverts money from public coffers, it's "almost obscene", she says, that grants are awarded without some state control. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/09/04/american-philanthropy-turns-left American philanthropy turns left from TheEconomist — Best regards Seetha Ram

Some decisions will be straightforward enough. Meetings where crucial calls are made or new clients introduced will almost certainly take place in-person. When it comes to less consequential yet still important confabs, the calculation will be more complicated. One thing is certain. A great many meetings will remain a pain for managers to schedule and, for many of their subordinates, a pain to attend. 7 https://www.economist.com/business/the-future-of-meetings/21804085 The future of meetings from TheEconomist — Best regards Seetha Ram

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8889525.stm — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/31/paralympics/summer-paralympics/nhk-tokyo-2020-sign-language/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/31/paralympics/summer-paralympics/nhk-tokyo-2020-sign-language/ — Best regards Seetha Ram