Our economy goes down, down, down. Our stock market is hyped up, up, up. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul make sense of this paradox in episode 6 of Econ Central. Also discussed: The economic principles behind good writing, the game theory behind rebellion in the Congress, and how both Amit and Vivek are enemies of Lutyens.

 

Also check out:
1. Steve Jobs and His Black Turtleneck -- Amit Varma (on decision fatigue).
2. This Passing Moment -- Amit Varma (on opportunity cost).
3. How to Escape From the Shallows -- Amit Varma.
4. That Will Be England Gone -- Michael Henderson.
5. If Gold Is a Bad Investment, so Are Stocks -- Vivek Kaul.
6. A Sustained Bull Market? -- Debashis Basu.
7. Radical Uncertainty -- Mervyn King & John Kay.
8. A Game Theory Problem: Who Will Bell The Congress Cat? -- Amit Varma.
9. Congress Crisis is Structural -- Pradeep Chibber & Rahul Verma.
10. Political Ideology in India -- Episode 131 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rahul Verma),
11. Taking Stock of Our Republic -- Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
12. Mohua Moitra interview by Barkha Dutt.
13. Who Moved My Interest Rate? -- D Subbarao.
14. RBI Is Behaving Like a Football Goalkeeper -- Vivek Kaul.
15. Of Football Goalkeepers, RBI Governor Subbarao and the Art of Doing Nothing -- Vivek Kaul.
16. Green Shoots in the Desert Sand -- Episode 2 of Econ Central (w discussion on poverty and inequality at the end).
17. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma.
18. Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Steven Pinker, Philip Tetlock, Nate Silver & <a href= "https://www.amazon.in/Per-L-Bylund/e/B00LMNLBCU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_