The Undismal Paradox

Imagine spending weeks creating a piece of music and posting it on social media, only to find that it has been used as a background score in a high-budget movie. Neither were you asked for permission nor were you given due credits!

How’d you feel? Robbed? Devastated? Angry?

In a world where piracy and theft have become the new normal, you should, rather, you MUST know about copyrights.

Tune in to our latest episode to know more about it.

References:

- Rockonomics: Book by Alan Krueger

- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/ariana-grande-7-rings-royalties-rodgers-and-hammerstein-my-favourite-things-sample-2019-3%3famp

- https://help.songtrust.com/knowledge/what-is-the-difference-between-a-sample-and-interpolation

- https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73635/indian-composer-sues-over-truth-hurts-sample

Are beggars forced into the practice of beggary? Why don't beggars look for employment? What is the government doing about this?  

On the second episode of Obstacles To Progression - Beggary Booming (Part 2),  Kalyani and Sanjeet discuss the practice of beggary in India in further detail and try to figure out possible solutions for the same. Tune in!

References:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-india-inequality-bigger-challenge-than-poverty/story-i5bvo7P2vVOEHOngFX5n1K.html

https://www.hamessharley.com.au/

https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/this-economist-says-britain-took-away-usd-45-trillion-from-india-in-173-years/story/292352.html

https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mumbai-beggar-was-a-millionaire-police-find-after-his-death/1729130/

The Economics of Begging! (linkedin.com)

Beggar's banquet - Society & The Arts News - Issue Date: Feb 4, 2008 (indiatoday.in)

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/jalandhar-city-police-must-crack-down-heavily-on-begging-cartels-212465

Bhttps://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/-beggars-thrive-on-charity-refuse-rehabilitation-31748

https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/nbextra/child-begging-indian-scenario-1502767535.html

https://www.marketingmind.in/begging-in-india-complete-case-study-of-1-5-billion-industry/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/beggars-choosing-street-life-over-homes/articleshow/62877233.cms

https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/547-fires-in-90-days-and-now-1-less-fire-team/articleshow/81790991.cms

https://www.dhyeyaias.com/current-affairs/perfect-7-magazine/beggary-in-india

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306094400_SOCIO-ECONOMIC_CAUSES_OF_BEGGING

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304057261_Begging_in_India_Barricading_the_Sustainable_Financial_Development

You keep hearing so much about Crypto and Blockchain but still don't know what it exactly is? Or You're just an enthusiast who doesn't know how to approach this topic and are looking for an easy way into it?? DO NOT WORRY! You've come to the right place!

Tune into this 10 mins episode of tl;dr where we're talking about the basics about Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. 

And most importantly tell you how to go about investing in it .

References

https://thecollegeinvestor.com/21245/top-10-bitcoin-crypto-investing-sites/

https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-a-blockchain

https://youtu.be/qeMmxq0MT6g

https://youtu.be/U9n8w4bxJ0k

Take a look at the cover art of our mini-series. Who do you think actually owns it, the artist behind it or The Undismal Paradox?

Now, think about your favourite song. Who do you think it belongs to? The answer is definitely not the voice you hear!

Okay, enough with the guessing games. Tune in to our latest episode to know how the music industry is blinded by the rights.

References:

- https://youtu.be/iExPc11FWUc

- https://www.thefruitfulfirm.com/post/differences-between-music-publishing-record-label-deals-contracts-agreements

- https://www.allkpop.com/article/2020/01/kpop-idols-who-own-the-most-copyrights-updated-in-january-2020

- https://www.audiomentor.com/businessmoney/k-pop-collaboration-k-tune/

- https://www.gemtracks.com/guides/view.php?title=how-does-the-kpop-industry-work&id=460

- https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9485702/everyone-taylor-swift-said-re-recording-her-songs

- https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJzk9MjcCe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

- https://youtu.be/ZVpkFb9-fts?t=526

- https://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/185958366550/for-years-i-asked-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-own-my

Economic theories stem from the study of society, people and culture. The topics we discuss in this series pertain to unavoidable parts of Indian society. In today’s episode, Ananya and Mukta take up beggary, and simply dissect how it interacts and interlinks with economics - obstacles and all.

This series is for anyone who has an urge to understand how far the reach of economics goes and witness the application of it to important issues in our country.

References:

https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/nbextra/child-begging-indian-scenario-1502767535.html

https://www.marketingmind.in/begging-in-india-complete-case-study-of-1-5-billion-industry/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/beggars-choosing-street-life-over-homes/articleshow/62877233.cms

https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/547-fires-in-90-days-and-now-1-less-fire-team/articleshow/81790991.cms

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/-beggars-thrive-on-charity-refuse-rehabilitation-31748

https://www.dhyeyaias.com/current-affairs/perfect-7-magazine/beggary-in-india

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306094400_SOCIO-ECONOMIC_CAUSES_OF_BEGGING

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304057261_Begging_in_India_Barricading_the_Sustainable_Financial_Development

http://ijsw.tiss.edu/greenstone/collect/ijsw/index/assoc/HASH6ee0/259573d5.dir/doc.pdf

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-india-inequality-bigger-challenge-than-poverty/story-i5bvo7P2vVOEHOngFX5n1K.html

https://www.hamessharley.com.au/

https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/this-economist-says-britain-took-away-usd-45-trillion-from-india-in-173-years/story/292352.html

https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/article/view/31115

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mendicant#Christian_Mendicant_Orders

https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/4425/1/Saeed13PhD.pdf

Ever log into an online class, hear the teacher ask a question and bask in the nice awkward silence that follows? 

Ever rage about how apathetic the mankind has become, filming accidents and mishaps rather than helping the people? 

These two things may not be as different as you think they are…

Wanna know how? Tap play and find out in our first episode of Too Long; Didn’t Read, where we talk about Smokey rooms and sannata in online classes!

References:

https://academy4sc.org/video/the-smoky-room-experiment-trust-your-instincts/

https://www.heroconstruction.org/who-we-are

http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/the-psychology-of-heroism/overcoming-the-bystander-effect

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

https://www.britannica.com/topic/bystander-effect

Are you one of those devoted fans that listen to their idols' music for the first 24 hours after it is released? 

Do you know how much money they make when you listen to a single song on repeat?

Press play and listen to our first episode to learn how streaming has transformed the music industry. Stream now!

References:

• Rockonomics: Book by Alan Krueger

• https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9580407/taylor-swift-evermore-record-breaking-vinyl-album-sales-week/

• https://soundcharts.com/blog/music-streaming-rates-payouts#not-all-streams-are-created-equal

• https://loudandclear.byspotify.com/?question=how-is-stream-share-calculated

Note: Taylor Swift wrote the op-ed to Apple in 2015, not 2014. Kindly excuse the error.

Does the lockdown make you contemplate everything that’s wrong with the world? Have you ever wondered how various social issues that you observe and encounter in your day-to-day activities affect the country as a whole? 

Join Ananya, Mukta, Sanjeet, and Kalyani on this journey as they discuss various obstacles on the way of our country's economic development and what we can do about it.

This is an OTP which can be used again and again!

2.5 seconds! Just 2.5 freakin’ seconds. This is the average attention span of humans, which means that this is exactly the time taken by your brain to skip an article that has a lotta bombastic words in it which might make it boring. As scary as this statistics may seem to you, don’t worry we’ve got you covered!! Our podcast, Too Long; Didn't Read is designed for all those who wish to get the basic idea about any topic that you find hard to understand and are trying to avoid reading more about it just because you thought it was too complex.

We bring new episodes every Wednesday..so go mark your calendars!

Welcome to the 9th episode of The Undismal Paradox Season 2!!  

In this episode, Prof. Ashish Kulkarni chats up with Jubin Daniel, an alumnus of GIPE.   

Jubin Daniel is a Co-Founder at TravelnGo, a travel startup. He is also a Co-Founder at Onlybook Technologies, an edutech startup that aims to build a marketplace for study content with a focus on text content. He completed his MSc in Financial Economics at GIPE and also works as a Freelance Educator at Preply.

Ashish Kulkarni is an Assistant Professor at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. He is also the host of this podcast, and likes to chat up with people from different fields on their experiences in college.  

Ashish blogs daily at https://econforeverybody.com/

They talk about several topics: exchanging stories on how relevant their education was when it came to professional life, maintaining peer networks, getting internships online, rigorousness of the Masters course in Financial Economics, utility of Gap Year and finally, what should ideally be changed about the model of higher education that we follow.   

Notes: Bloomberg Quint- https://www.bloombergquint.com/  

Aswath Damodaran’s Blog- http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/

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