Decoding The Encrypted Lives

What economics really is? is it something related to boring graphs and uninteresting theories? No. It is about what we do everyday. Tim Harford explains it beautifully in his book The Undercover Economist. The book not only teaches us economics but also how to be a clever shopper, and much more. Here's a book review.

This is also available as a blog here - https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/what-is-economics-harfords-know-it-all/

Why is petrol price rising? What's the government's side of the story? And why I remembered Mancur Olson?

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It's disheartening to see the brutality on farmers. Where are we heading to?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/from-gandhi-to-godse-a-tale-of-how-the-oppressed-has-become-the-oppressors/

Puja Mehra writes a very brave book about the recent economic history of India. Watch out for the insights!

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/book-review-the-lost-decade-2008-18/

Nirmala Sitharaman talked about creation of Bad Banks in her budget speech. What are Bad Banks? Will they be able to save India's banking crisis? Listen to this episode. And yeah, some personal finance tips in the end.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/02/07/could-bad-banks-solve-indias-banking-crisis/

The tale of two republic days featuring Akash Banerjee (The Deshbhakt).

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/an-open-letter-to-all-feat-the-deshbhakt/

Is the recent stock market rally real or a bubble? But first, what is stock market? I would recommend you to READ it to understand the graphs used. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/the-stock-market-bubble/

We have won the test series in Australia. I think this series win is an all-time greatest. Let's look at some broad highlights of the last match and why was it so special. Why do I disagree with the man of the match?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/this-test-series-will-be-remembered-forever/

Fake News has caused tremendous harm to our society, and it will continue to do so if unchecked. What makes it unstoppable? How does it affects us? And most importantly, what can we do as an individual? 

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/01/17/fake-news-is-damaging-our-social-fabric/

2020 has been a miserable year. And ironically I write about the best things that happened to me. As the line goes: every cloud has a silver lining on it. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://abhyudayjoshi.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/the-best-of-2020/