Ep 13: Everyone Has Lost It!

09/10/20 • 69 min

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. <...

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Ep 12: Gegenpressing GDP

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.

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Ep 14: The Big Deal About the IPL

The IPL starts this weekend. It is much more than a tamasha. It saved and revitalized cricket. In episode 14 of Econ Central, Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul turn the economic lens towards cricket and cricket strategy. Also check out: 1. Opportunity, Choice and the IPL (2008) — Amit Varma. 2. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus — Ludwig Wittgenstein. 3. What Cricket Can Learn From Economics (2016) — Amit Varma. 4. The Lesson From This IPL: Front-Load Your Innings (2014) -- Amit Varma. 5. The Tamasha All Purists Should Love (2018) -- Amit Varma. 6. The Winning Mantra for This IPL: Attack, Attack, Attack (2017) -- Amit Varma. 7. National Highway 420 (and the EV of Aggressive Batting) (2016) -- Amit Varma. 8. Resources vs Constraints - Why T20 Teams Need to Attack More (2019) -- Amit Varma. 9. For This Brave New World of Cricket, We Have IPL and England to Thank (2019) -- Amit Varma. 10. Purists, Keep Quiet. Cricket Is Changing, Not Dying (2018) -- Amit Varma. 11. The New Face of Cricket (2015) -- Amit Varma. 12. Money in Cricket -- Episode 41 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gideon Haigh and Prem Panicker). 13. Dhoni and India -- Episode 10 of Econ Central. 14. Building Sports Ecosystems -- Episode 126 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya). 15. New Zealand's John Wright Lauded as the Man Who Discovered Jasprit Bumrah. 16. Toyota Halts India Expansion, Blaming ‘We Don’t Want You’ Taxes. 17. The Delhi Smog -- Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 18. Getting Competitive: A Practitioner's Guide for India -- RC Bhargava. 19. Manufacturing Is Key to Creating Jobs in Services -- Vivek Kaul. 20. The Economics of The Chilling Effect -- Episode 5 of Econ Central. 21. What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been -- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 22. What is Libertarianism? -- Episode 117 of The Seen and the Unseen (w David Boaz). 23.

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