This was one of the more insightful editions for me.
RSJ's piece clarified why unicorn valuations and daily dose of bigotry co-exist in headlines. The very perceptive party machinery fine-tunes its messaging to cater to both Indias, hence the strange cocktail of fintech and vigilantism.
PK's piece about the enemy put into words, what I felt for so long. Fahmida Riyaz's poem 'tum to bilkul hum jaise nikle' comes to mind. It's strange that the de-hyphening and pivot towards China are accompanied by a weird and growing determination to emulate the worst features of our Western neighbour. If it goes on unchecked, it doesn't bode well for our future.
A request: Schnabel's talk in the Homework section raises questions about Central Banks' role in growth-inequality debate with their assets purchase programs/QE. I would love your take on central banks' post-2008 presence in the financial markets.
For all the hype around startups, their potential market is only 40-50 million people. Its impossible to generate enough revenues and profits from such a tiny base to support these billion dollar valuations. Maybe we are heading towards a dotcom bubble like crash in the near future.
Is there a simplified layman readable pie-chart available showing the annual expense of the government? I want to get an idea about how the government is spending my tax contribution.
In other words, I want something like what my enthusiastic Resident-Welfare-association(RWA) treasurer sends during the annual general body meeting. I get non-trivial insights like 30% of my RWA contribution paid for water tankers, etc.
This was one of the more insightful editions for me.
RSJ's piece clarified why unicorn valuations and daily dose of bigotry co-exist in headlines. The very perceptive party machinery fine-tunes its messaging to cater to both Indias, hence the strange cocktail of fintech and vigilantism.
PK's piece about the enemy put into words, what I felt for so long. Fahmida Riyaz's poem 'tum to bilkul hum jaise nikle' comes to mind. It's strange that the de-hyphening and pivot towards China are accompanied by a weird and growing determination to emulate the worst features of our Western neighbour. If it goes on unchecked, it doesn't bode well for our future.
A request: Schnabel's talk in the Homework section raises questions about Central Banks' role in growth-inequality debate with their assets purchase programs/QE. I would love your take on central banks' post-2008 presence in the financial markets.
Regards,
Sunil
For all the hype around startups, their potential market is only 40-50 million people. Its impossible to generate enough revenues and profits from such a tiny base to support these billion dollar valuations. Maybe we are heading towards a dotcom bubble like crash in the near future.
I love every time Xi is 11 in podcast and no one corrects it :D
Is there a simplified layman readable pie-chart available showing the annual expense of the government? I want to get an idea about how the government is spending my tax contribution.
In other words, I want something like what my enthusiastic Resident-Welfare-association(RWA) treasurer sends during the annual general body meeting. I get non-trivial insights like 30% of my RWA contribution paid for water tankers, etc.