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Swaminathan Aiyar

New Delhi, India

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar is the Consulting Editor of The Economic Times, India's largest financial daily. He writes a popular weekly column, titled Swaminomics in the Times of India. He spends roughly half the year in New Delhi and half in Washington D.C., where he is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and an occasional consultant to the World Bank. He has been the editor of India's two main financial dailies, The Economic Times (1992-94) and Financial Express (1988-90). He was also the India Correspondent of the British weekly, The Economist, for most of two decades between 1976 and 1998. Close.

Swaminathan Aiyar

New Delhi, India

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar is the Consulting Editor of The Economic Times, India's largest financial daily. He writes a popular weekly column in the Times of India titled Swaminomics. more »

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Spitzer's Behavior Shocking, But Personal

The Current Discussion: New York State governor Eliot Spitzer admits he hired a prostitute. Should people care, and why?

In a free society, sex between consenting adults should be their business and theirs alone. On the other hand, in a free society people must also be free to advocate norms of behavior for those in public life. So, while I have no objection whatsoever to Spitzer's activities, I will not deny critics the right to be shocked.

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Posted by Swaminathan A. Aiyar on March 11, 2008 6:29 PM

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