Feb 27, 2019On Machiavelli : You are not Cesare BorgiaMachiavelli's The Prince is widely misquoted based on his famous question about love and fear, and which is better between the two. He...
Feb 12, 2019Marco Polo's wild ride - KamulMarco Polo's adventure was hardly a dry and plodding literary travelogue. Polo's focus was on two things- mercantile affairs (money)
Feb 11, 2019Marco Polo on RussiaMarco Polo on Russia, circa 1200 AD: Russia is a very large province lying towards the north. The people are Christians and observe the...
Feb 10, 2019On Infant Mortality and the developing worldIn earlier posts we examined some of the correlations between Infant Mortality and other variables. The most interesting discovery was...
Feb 9, 2019On Infant Mortality in the context of Life Expectancy and Adolescent FertilityWorldwide Infant Mortality generally follows socio-economic expectations given current levels of economic development. More developed...
Feb 7, 2019On Infant Mortality - Global Progress against a personal tragedyStarting in 1994 there were 20 countries with Infant Mortality rates less than 5 per thousand births. In 2016 there were 58 countries...