Re: A Chakraverti/Sabhlok vision for India?

["Dr.SubrotoRoy" <sroy@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in>]

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My original critique of this to which Dr Sabhlok has replied has not
published on IPI as far as I know.  Please do publish it.

Subroto Roy


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Sanjeev Sabhlok <sanjeev@sabhlokcity.com>
To: debate@indiapolicy.org <debate@indiapolicy.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: A Chakraverti/Sabhlok vision for India?


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>At 01:49 PM 9/11/00 +0530, Prof. Roy wrote:
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>>>Grand vision-making of clean streets or "400 Singapores" is somewhat
>>>antithetical, it seems to me, to the slow, pondering, modest ways of
>>>classical liberal thinking -- e.g. if you want clean streets and
pretty
>>>cities, the liberal would say look at rent-control laws,
property-rights
>>and
>>>the property-tax base, as well as the competence of civic
administration
>>and
>>>politics;
>
>The vision is meant to inspire thought; not cities for the sake of
cities.
>
>But I agree on the latter. Issues of rent-control laws,
property-rights,
>etc., are not on our agenda. That is precisely what I am saying. This
>deeper thinking is the job of the urban planner/ economist. We are
missing
>this thought process almost universally in India.
>
>>>our semi-communist and/or semi-fascist elites and governments in
>>>India would instead start building dozens of fly-overs using
international
>>>loans, consultants and contractors.
>
>While being neutral on the above (since the detail is the job of urban
>planners/economists), how do you suggest we go about things?
>
>Second, what is wrong with a fly-over "in principle" that you bring
into
>the debate? I would think it is a matter of cost-benefit; efficiency;
and
>therefore unique to each situation.
>
>SS



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