Gen Z’s message for governance reform

A fundamental review of the functioning of the ‘empirical’ state is long overdue in Nepal.

Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson contend, in their recent book Power and Progress , that factories led to democratic movements in England in the nineteenth century by providing opportunities for workers to come together and discuss issues of relevance to reforms. In the words of a writer of that time, “ A sort of Socratic spirit will necessarily grow up, wherever large bodies assemble ”.