By Arya Mehta This semester, UCR has chosen the theme “Cultures and Institutions of Freedom”, which I find to be a paradoxical expression. Institutions are inherently a tool of the state and do not, and cannot, provide ‘absolute’ freedom (if that is even possible). UCR, as a Western institution, is limited to Western epistemology and…
The inflation of political terms
The stock market for political terms is about to crash due to over-usage and inflation. By Calin Marginean In economics, the term inflation is used to describe the loss of the value of a currency when it is found in excessive quantities in the market. Throughout history there have been cases of severe inflation and…
