{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 13: Everyone Has Lost It!","description":"Our media, our society and our politics have all gone nuts. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul examine this drift to the extremes in episode 13 of Econ Central. Also discussed: the real estate dudes fight the bankers, and why football isn't taking off in India.  Also check out: 1.&amp;nbsp;Driven to Extremes. Part 1: News Television&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 2.&amp;nbsp;Out-Arnabing Arnab&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 8 of Econ Central. 3.&amp;nbsp;Breaking News about Narendra Modi's previous birth. 4. Some tweets about SSR's Covid patent and invention of Fau-G:&amp;nbsp;1,&amp;nbsp;2,&amp;nbsp;3,&amp;nbsp;4.  5.&amp;nbsp;The Hype Around the Stock Market&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 6 of Econ Central (about the game theory of Congress rebellion). 6.&amp;nbsp;A Game Theory Problem: Who Will Bell The Congress Cat?&amp;nbsp;\u2014 Amit Varma. 7.&amp;nbsp;An Economic Theory of Democracy&amp;nbsp;-- Anthony Downs. 8.&amp;nbsp;The Median Voter Theorem&amp;nbsp;(Wikipedia). 9.&amp;nbsp;The Economics of the Chilling Effect&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 5 of Econ Central. 10.&amp;nbsp;Groupthink: A Study in Self Delusion&amp;nbsp;-- Christopher Booker. 11.&amp;nbsp;The Seven Basic Plots&amp;nbsp;-- Christopher Booker. 12.&amp;nbsp;Scared to Death&amp;nbsp;-- Christopher Booker. 13.&amp;nbsp;Gegenpressing GDP&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 12 of Econ Central. 14.&amp;nbsp;The US Economy Contracted by 9.1% and not 32%. India\u2019s Economy Contracted by 23.9%&amp;nbsp;-- Vivek Kaul. 15.&amp;nbsp;Raghuram Rajan\u2019s 10 Solutions to Get Economy Going Again&amp;nbsp;-- Vivek Kaul. 16.&amp;nbsp;Match moratorium interest rate with deposits: Industry&amp;nbsp;-- TNN 17.&amp;nbsp;Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists&amp;nbsp;-- Raghuram Rajan and Luizi Zingales. 18.&amp;nbsp;Moral Hazard&amp;nbsp;(Wikipedia). 19.&amp;nbsp;Every Act of Government Is an Act of Violence&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 20.&amp;nbsp;The Deep State of Real Estate&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 7 of Econ Central. 21.&amp;nbsp;The Use of Knowledge in Society&amp;nbsp;-- Friedrich Hayek.&amp;nbsp; 22.&amp;nbsp;Building Sports Ecosystems&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 126 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya). 23.&amp;nbsp;The 10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal&amp;nbsp;-- David Harsanyi. 24.&amp;nbsp;India\u2019s Population Bomb and the Surprising Truth Behind It&amp;nbsp;-- Vivek Kaul. 25.&amp;nbsp;Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 26.&amp;nbsp;Ram Gopal Varma interviewed by Anupama Chopra.  Do also check out Amit\u2019s podcast,&amp;nbsp;The Seen and the Unseen, as well as&amp;nbsp;The India Uncut Newsletter. And ah, Vivek\u2019s new website at&amp;nbsp;vivekkaul.com&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;all his books&amp;nbsp;on Amazon. ","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\/15957389\/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\/83169320"}