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.
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