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BJP concerned about 377 verdict’s economic impact
In all the hype surrounding the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, an important issue – the economic impact – has largely been ignored by the mainstream media. Standard economic theory tells us that when the overall level of money exchanging hands (or corruption as some would rudely have us call [...]