15 October 2006
Competitive Era Fails to Shrink Electric Bills - NYT
by raviA decade after competition was introduced in their industries, long-distance phone rates had fallen by half, air fares by more than a fourth and trucking rates by a fourth. But a decade after the federal government opened the business of generating electricity to competition, the market has produced no such decline.
19 September 2006
On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide - NYT
by raviAcross the country in desperate pockets like this one, 17,107 farmers committed suicide in 2003, the most recent year for which government figures are available. Anecdotal reports suggest that the high rates are continuing.
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