{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 14: The Big Deal About the IPL","description":"The IPL starts this weekend. It is much more than a tamasha. It saved and revitalized cricket. In episode 14 of Econ Central, Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul turn the economic lens towards cricket and cricket strategy.  Also check out: 1.&amp;nbsp;Opportunity, Choice and the IPL&amp;nbsp;(2008)&amp;nbsp; \u2014 Amit Varma. 2.&amp;nbsp;Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus&amp;nbsp; \u2014 Ludwig Wittgenstein. 3.&amp;nbsp;What Cricket Can Learn From Economics&amp;nbsp;(2016) \u2014 Amit Varma. 4.&amp;nbsp;The Lesson From This IPL: Front-Load Your Innings&amp;nbsp;(2014) -- Amit Varma. 5.&amp;nbsp;The Tamasha All Purists Should Love&amp;nbsp;(2018) -- Amit Varma. 6.&amp;nbsp;The Winning Mantra for This IPL: Attack, Attack, Attack&amp;nbsp;(2017) -- Amit Varma. 7.&amp;nbsp;National Highway 420 (and the EV of Aggressive Batting)&amp;nbsp;(2016) -- Amit Varma. 8.&amp;nbsp;Resources vs Constraints - Why T20 Teams Need to Attack More&amp;nbsp;(2019) -- Amit Varma. 9.&amp;nbsp;For This Brave New World of Cricket, We Have IPL and England to Thank&amp;nbsp;(2019) -- Amit Varma. 10.&amp;nbsp;Purists, Keep Quiet. Cricket Is Changing, Not Dying (2018)&amp;nbsp;-- Amit Varma. 11.&amp;nbsp;The New Face of Cricket&amp;nbsp;(2015) -- Amit Varma. 12.&amp;nbsp;Money in Cricket&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 41 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gideon Haigh and Prem Panicker). 13.&amp;nbsp;Dhoni and India&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 10 of Econ Central. 14.&amp;nbsp;Building Sports Ecosystems&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 126 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya). 15.&amp;nbsp;New Zealand's John Wright Lauded as the Man Who Discovered Jasprit Bumrah. 16.&amp;nbsp;Toyota Halts India Expansion, Blaming \u2018We Don\u2019t Want You\u2019 Taxes. 17.&amp;nbsp;The Delhi Smog&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 18.&amp;nbsp;Getting Competitive: A Practitioner's Guide for India&amp;nbsp;-- RC Bhargava. 19.&amp;nbsp;Manufacturing Is Key to Creating Jobs in Services&amp;nbsp;-- Vivek Kaul. 20.&amp;nbsp;The Economics of The Chilling Effect&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 5 of Econ Central. 21.&amp;nbsp;What a Long Strange Trip It\u2019s Been&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 22.&amp;nbsp;What is Libertarianism?&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 117 of The Seen and the Unseen (w David Boaz). 23.&amp;nbsp;Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge&amp;nbsp;-- EO Wilson. 24.&amp;nbsp;Tawaif&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 174 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Saba Dewan).&amp;nbsp;  Do also check out Amit\u2019s writing course,&amp;nbsp;The Art of Clear Writing, as well as&amp;nbsp;The India Uncut Newsletter. Also, 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\/16044467\/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\/83726414"}