Social Media is a weird thing. Sometimes (actually a lot often) totally nonsense/useless content goes "viral" and gets disproportionate views/reviews and comments and a lot of times a few rare hidden gems remain hidden. My endeavor always is to find hidden gems. I often get a feeling that there is some genius I am missing... Continue Reading →
Glass Permanently Half Full: India’s Tryst with Middle Income Trap
If you are interested in Economics and follow India's GDP growth story, you would have heard the discussion about Middle Income Trap. It's a simple problem statement. Can India become rich before she becomes old. The demographic dividend is in favour of Indja, with a huge population below the age of 30. However, the slowing... Continue Reading →
The Jaw-Dropping Cost of Making Things on Your Own – Efficiency of Free Markets
I had come across the delightful story of how a pencil is made in "I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read", which highlights why and how the modern free market economy works for all of us. This recent video on FutureIQ is an excellent short video to understand the story in... Continue Reading →
The Life and Times of the Indian Economy
I like Amit Varma's long-form conversation podcast, "The Seen and The Unseen". It started as a regular 30-40 mins podcast and slowly grew into long and longer format interviews. The average duration of his weekly podcast is now 2.5-3 hrs long. Last year he did a marathon episode with Shanta Gokhale which was 8+ hrs... Continue Reading →
Data For India Platform by Rukmini S
Rukmini S is a data journalist - a kind of journalist that is still rare in India. Do check her book "Whole Numbers and Half Truths" for interesting perspectives and insights on India. You may also check on Youtube her talks/interviews about her book and the work she does. Rukmini has recently started a platform... Continue Reading →
RIP Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman, who changed psychology and economics forever, dies at 90. He is best known for his behavioural economics theory (cognitive biases and heuristics) for which he won Nobel Prize. His book Thinking Fast and Slow which became a huge success is one of the top few books which very few have read completely. Here... Continue Reading →
Nilkanth Mishra on Indian Market and Economy
Nilkanth Mishra is one of the best Economists, fund managers, asset managers in India. It's always a delight to listen to this thoughts. I came across this recent interview of his which is on Indian Market and Economy. It says Part 1, so I'm hoping that there would be Part 2 soon! This interview is... Continue Reading →
Parag Kar’s Blog and Youtube Channel on Economy, Telecom and Technology
Parag Kar's Blog and Youtube Channel on Economy, Telecom and Technology
Raghuram Rajan Is Braking The Mould
Raghuram Rajan is one of the most articulate and balanced thinker India has in the current era. I find him very logical and persuasive in his arguments and agree with most of his views (well, also because he is a Congress sympathiser and hopefully he'll become a FM some day). He recently co-authored a book... Continue Reading →
Down The Rabbit Hole: Chess, Economics and Podcasts
Chess has been a key component of my life for last 30+ years. I started playing chess at the age of 9 and since then I've been playing/learning chess whenever possible. Chess has also helped me in multiple ways in other walks of life as well. For example, during my campus interview in Engineering, one... Continue Reading →
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