As the 2024 American presidential election approaches, the media will inundate us with opinion polls forecasting the election. How do pollsters conduct these polls? I will provide a non-technical overview in this post. For this overview, imagine the Biden campaign has hired us to conduct a poll. Contact Method We will telephonically ask (survey) a small subset (sample) of […]
India’s Tiptoe on the Capitalism-Socialism Continuum
Capitalism and socialism are extremes on a continuum of economic systems. Almost all modern economies are a mix of the two. In capitalism, profit-motivated private entities, as opposed to governments, own and manage businesses, and demand and supply drive market prices. In this post, I will use government versus private ownership as the salient difference […]
An Unholy Trinity
Once upon a time, the church and the crown used to be the primary power centers in most societies. Over time, modern forms of government replaced monarchies, and the mass media emerged as an additional power center. The church, ruling political leadership, and media are the trinity mentioned in the title. Sometimes, they are at […]