Ep 2: Green Shoots in the Desert Sand

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ep 2: Green Shoots in the Desert Sand What&nbsp;are&nbsp;these green shoots India's government is speaking of? Is our economy getting better? Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul give context to the hype in episode 2 of Econ Central. They also discuss the incentives of politicians in the Indo-China conflict and bust the Zero-Sum Fallacy.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Also check out: 1.&nbsp;Should We Be Aatma Nirbhar?&nbsp;-- Episode 1 of Econ Central. 2.&nbsp;India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19&nbsp;-- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 3.&nbsp;The Nuances of Lockdown&nbsp;-- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani).&nbsp; 4.&nbsp;The Indian Economy in 2019&nbsp;-- Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 5.&nbsp;The State of Our Farmers&nbsp;-- Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil). 6.&nbsp;India's Agriculture Crisis&nbsp;-- Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra &amp; Kumar Anand).&nbsp; 7.&nbsp;Democracy in Pakistan&nbsp;-- Episode 79 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane &amp; Hamsini Hariharan). 8.&nbsp;The India-Pakistan Conflict&nbsp;-- Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 9.&nbsp;Our foreign policy is 8% growth&nbsp;-- Nitin Pai. 10.&nbsp;The Indian Armed Forces&nbsp;-- Episode 175 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lt Gen Prakash Menon). 11.&nbsp;Stabilizing an Unstable Economy&nbsp;-- Hyman Minsky. 12.&nbsp;Why Minsky Matters&nbsp;-- L Randall Wray. 13.&nbsp;Ponzi Schemes&nbsp;-- Episode 142 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 14.&nbsp;India's Lost Decade&nbsp;-- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 15.&nbsp;Profit = Philanthropy&nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 16.&nbsp;India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality&nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 17.&nbsp;On Inequality&nbsp;-- Harry Frankfurt. &nbsp; And hey, do also check out Vivek’s book,&nbsp;Bad Money, as well as Amit’s online course,&nbsp;The Art of Clear Writing. Econ Central http://econcentral.in <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14959799/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/76671182