Sep 3, 2020
Our economy's contracted. And Lionel Messi's looking for someone
new to contract with. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul dissect both
situations in episode 12 of Econ Central. Also discussed: Amitabh
Bachchan's crocodile.
Also check out:
1. Demystifying
GDP -- Episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari
Sengupta).
2. What
a Long Strange Trip It's Been -- Episode 188 of The Seen
and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian).
3. The
Indian Economy in 2019 -- Episode 153 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Vivek Kaul).
4. DeMon,
Morality and the Predatory Indian State — Episode 85 of
The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan).
5. The Seen/Unseen episodes on GST: 1, 2, 3.
6. We
Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian
State -- Amit Varma.
7. The Seen/Unseen episodes on Covid-19: 1, 2, 3.
8. Many
acts behind the world’s worst economic slump -- Vivek
Kaul.
9. The
US Economy Contracted by 9.1% and not 32%. India’s Economy
Contracted by 23.9% -- Vivek Kaul.
10. Who
Moved My Interest Rate? -- D Subbarao.
11. Forget
the romance, a Messi-Guardiola reunion would not make City
better -- Jonathan Wilson.
12. Wikipedia articles on the Fallacy
of Composition, Cherry
Picking, the Halo
Effect and the Winner's
Curse.
13. The
Halo Effect (2007) -- Amit Varma.
14. Ganga
Jamuna Saraswati -- Full movie on YouTube.
15. Amar
Akbar Anthony: Masala, Madness and Manmohan Desai --
Sidharth Bhatia.
16. The
10 Rules of Successful Nations -- Ruchir Sharma.
17. The
Rise and Fall of Nations -- Ruchir Sharma.
18. Do
We Need Billionaires? -- Episode 9 of Econ Central.
19. The
Great Reversal -- Thomas Philippon.
20. The
Hype Around the Stock Market -- Episode 6 of Econ
Central.
Do also check out Amit’s writing course, The
Art of Clear Writing, as well as The
India Uncut Newsletter. And ah, Vivek’s new website
at vivekkaul.com and all
his books on Amazon.