{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 2: Green Shoots in the Desert Sand","description":"What&amp;nbsp;are&amp;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.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Also check out: 1.&amp;nbsp;Should We Be Aatma Nirbhar?&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 1 of Econ Central. 2.&amp;nbsp;India\u2019s Economy in the Time of Covid-19&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 177 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 3.&amp;nbsp;The Nuances of Lockdown&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Anup Malani).&amp;nbsp; 4.&amp;nbsp;The Indian Economy in 2019&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 5.&amp;nbsp;The State of Our Farmers&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil). 6.&amp;nbsp;India's Agriculture Crisis&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra &amp;amp; Kumar Anand).&amp;nbsp; 7.&amp;nbsp;Democracy in Pakistan&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 79 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane &amp;amp; Hamsini Hariharan). 8.&amp;nbsp;The India-Pakistan Conflict&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 9.&amp;nbsp;Our foreign policy is 8% growth&amp;nbsp;-- Nitin Pai. 10.&amp;nbsp;The Indian Armed Forces&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 175 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lt Gen Prakash Menon). 11.&amp;nbsp;Stabilizing an Unstable Economy&amp;nbsp;-- Hyman Minsky. 12.&amp;nbsp;Why Minsky Matters&amp;nbsp;-- L Randall Wray. 13.&amp;nbsp;Ponzi Schemes&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 142 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 14.&amp;nbsp;India's Lost Decade&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 15.&amp;nbsp;Profit = Philanthropy&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 16.&amp;nbsp;India\u2019s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 17.&amp;nbsp;On Inequality&amp;nbsp;-- Harry Frankfurt. &amp;nbsp; And hey, do also check out Vivek\u2019s book,&amp;nbsp;Bad Money, as well as Amit\u2019s online course,&amp;nbsp;The Art of Clear Writing. ","author_name":"Econ Central","author_url":"http:\/\/econcentral.in","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/76671182"}