Sep 10, 2020
Our media, our society and our politics have all gone nuts. Amit
Varma and Vivek Kaul examine this drift to the extremes in episode
13 of Econ Central. Also discussed: the real estate dudes fight the
bankers, and why football isn't taking off in India.
Also check out:
1. Driven
to Extremes. Part 1: News Television -- Amit Varma.
2. Out-Arnabing
Arnab -- Episode 8 of Econ Central.
3. Breaking
News about Narendra Modi's previous birth.
4. Some tweets about SSR's Covid patent and invention of
Fau-G: 1, 2, 3, 4.
5. The
Hype Around the Stock Market -- Episode 6 of Econ Central
(about the game theory of Congress rebellion).
6. A
Game Theory Problem: Who Will Bell The Congress Cat? —
Amit Varma.
7. An
Economic Theory of Democracy -- Anthony Downs.
8. The
Median Voter Theorem (Wikipedia).
9. The
Economics of the Chilling Effect -- Episode 5 of Econ
Central.
10. Groupthink:
A Study in Self Delusion -- Christopher Booker.
11. The
Seven Basic Plots -- Christopher Booker.
12. Scared
to Death -- Christopher Booker.
13. Gegenpressing
GDP -- Episode 12 of Econ Central.
14. The
US Economy Contracted by 9.1% and not 32%. India’s Economy
Contracted by 23.9% -- Vivek Kaul.
15. Raghuram
Rajan’s 10 Solutions to Get Economy Going Again -- Vivek
Kaul.
16. Match
moratorium interest rate with deposits: Industry --
TNN
17. Saving
Capitalism from the Capitalists -- Raghuram Rajan and
Luizi Zingales.
18. Moral
Hazard (Wikipedia).
19. Every
Act of Government Is an Act of Violence -- Amit Varma.
20. The
Deep State of Real Estate -- Episode 7 of Econ
Central.
21. The
Use of Knowledge in Society -- Friedrich Hayek.
22. Building
Sports Ecosystems -- Episode 126 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya).
23. The
10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal -- David
Harsanyi.
24. India’s
Population Bomb and the Surprising Truth Behind It --
Vivek Kaul.
25. Population
Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit
Varma.
26. Ram
Gopal Varma interviewed by Anupama Chopra.
Do also check out Amit’s podcast, The
Seen and the Unseen, as well as The
India Uncut Newsletter. And ah, Vivek’s new website
at vivekkaul.com and all
his books on Amazon.