Righteous Indignation : The Engine Behind The Driver
The MeToo# campaign has quieted a little, so what I am saying need not be focused only on how the campaign attracted attention, held it,
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Que Sera Sera The Future’s Not Ours To See
The Nifty is some 27 times trailing earnings (don’t listen to Forward earnings, which seem to be forecasted linearly). We already have a sense that
The Ballet Balance The Theory Of General (Dis)Equiibrium
The ballet dancer stands on her toes, in an elegant display of (wo)manhood, but it is not her natural state of existence, nor can she
Completely Against Governance : Cage-ing the CAG
In the spirit of the CAG calculating ‘presumptive losses’ of lakhs of crores, I take their methodology to its logical conclusion and point out the
The Turnaround CEO : Raising Productivity Above the Cost of Capital
A company goes bankrupt when its asset returns fall below the Cost of Capital, i.e. the blended return needed by its debt and equity investors.
Judging The Judges : A Blueprint For Judicial Reform
At the top sits Mr. Narendra Modi, who has to outline this agenda item and ‘deploy’ it, i.e. ensure that every arm of Govt, every
The Future of The Future : Explaining Some Megatrends: debt & deleveraging, energy & work
Here is a little discussion I had with an ex-student who wanted to understand his future With about $2 trn from banks lying with the
Water Visions : Make Water Profitable
Some pretty scary scenarios are built around global warming and its worst effects. One of them is that India could potentially lose half its population
The Story So Far : Lessons To Learn From History
First, some trends gleaned from the charts, for those who don’t follow markets too closely. I have divided the Nifty history from 1990 into the
The Case Against Program Trading : Why We Need A Philosophy Of Governance
The Economic Times carried a story recently that told of how Direct Market Access would be allowed soon on the Indian markets. Automated trading algorithms
