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Kaushik Basu

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Professor of Economics, Cornell University, & former Chief Economist of the World Bank & Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India.

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3 weeks ago

Solar eclipse tomorrow—a day to remember Thales of Miletus. It’s often said “philosophy” began on 28 May 585 BC. That was the day when for the first time a solar eclipse was predicted. It was Thales, great geometrician & philosopher, who figured out the eclipse was coming.

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