1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Why are petrol and diesel&amp;nbsp;prices rising? What can the economic way of thinking reveal about custodial murder and the rule of law? Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul get together in episode 3 of Econ Central to discuss the events of the week gone by. The Book of the Week is&amp;nbsp;The Power Broker&amp;nbsp;by Robert Caro. And the AMA features two outstanding questions. &amp;nbsp; Also check out:1.&amp;nbsp;Should We Be Aatma Nirbhar?&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 1 of Econ Central. 2.&amp;nbsp;Green Shoots in the Desert Sand&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 2 of Econ Central. 3.&amp;nbsp;India’s Economy in the Time of Covid-19&amp;nbsp;— Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 4.&amp;nbsp;The Indian Economy in 2019&amp;nbsp;— Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 5.&amp;nbsp;More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy&amp;nbsp;-- Philip Coggan. 6.&amp;nbsp;Justice for Jayaraj and Bennix: Timeline of two shocking custodial deaths&amp;nbsp;-- Megha Kavery for&amp;nbsp;The News Minute.7.&amp;nbsp;The Power Broker&amp;nbsp;— Robert Caro. 8.&amp;nbsp;The Death and Life of Great American Cities&amp;nbsp;— Jane Jacobs. 9.&amp;nbsp;Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing&amp;nbsp;-- Robert Caro. 10.&amp;nbsp;Robert Caro on Amazon. 11.&amp;nbsp;Beware of the Useful Idiots&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 12.&amp;nbsp;Narendra Modi Takes a Great Leap Backwards&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma (on DeMon). 13.&amp;nbsp;DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen. 14. GST episodes of The Seen and the Unseen:&amp;nbsp;1,&amp;nbsp;2,&amp;nbsp;3. 15.&amp;nbsp;Ponzi Schemes&amp;nbsp;— Episode 142 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 16.&amp;nbsp;Urban Planning&amp;nbsp;-- an old short story by Amit Varma. Do also check out Vivek’s book,&amp;nbsp;Bad Money, as well as Amit’s online course,&amp;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/15055379/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/77261675