Aug 6, 2020
There is a race to the bottom in Indian media. It is rational.
Its reasons are structural. The state and society must share the
blame. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul explain why in episode 8 of Econ
Central. Also discussed: public sector banks, our love for simple
narratives and Raat Akeli Hai.
Also check out:
1. Raat
Akeli Hai -- Honey Trehan.
2. 'Does
he look depressed?' -- The Times Now tweet.
3. Television
Price Controls -- Episode 27 of The Seen and the Unseen (w
Ashok Malik).
4. Why
Are Indian News Channels so Disappointing? -- Ashok
Malik.
5. The
top paid newsletters on Substack.
6. 1000
True Fans -- Kevin Kelly.
7. 1,000
True Fans? Try 100 -- Li Jin.
8. The
State of the Media — Episode 46 of The Seen and the Unseen
(w Prem Panicker).
9. The
State of the Media 2 — Episode 89 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Sidharth Bhatia & Peter Griffin).
10. What
Happened to Our Journalism? -- Episode 178 of The Seen and
the Unseen (w Nidhi Razdan).
11. Persuasion --
Yascha Mounk's newsletter.
12. Fighting
Fake News -- Episode 133 of The Seen and the Unseen (w
Pratik Sinha).
13. Non-Performing
Assets -- Episode 32 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek
Kaul).
14. IL&FS
and the Indian Financial System -- Episode 91 of The Seen
and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul and Ashutosh Datar).
15. Overdraft --
Urjit Patel.
16. Quest
for Restoring Financial Stability in India -- Viral
Acharya.
17. The
govt and RBI face a trilemma regarding PSBs -- Vivek
Kaul.
18. RBI’s
forecast on NPAs has often missed the mark -- Vivek
Kaul.
19. Indian
banks are in for a ₹20-trillion hole -- Vivek Kaul.
20. Privatisation
of banks is a great idea, and will remain so -- Vivek
Kaul.
21. Urjit
Patel Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai? -- Vivek Kaul.
22. Whose
Money is it Anyway? -- Amit Varma (on Milton Friedman's
four ways of spending money).
23. Indian
Board President's XI vs England XI, Vadodara, 2006.
24. The
Evolution of Everything -- Episode 96 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Matt Ridley).
25. Who
Broke Our Republic? -- Episode 163 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi).
26. The
Economics of the Chilling Effect -- Episode 5 of Econ
Central.
27. Facts
Don’t Matter. Stories do -- Amit Varma (on Donald Trump &
simple narratives).
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India Uncut Newsletter, Amit's new project. And pick
up Bad
Money, Vivek's bestselling book.