Economy

A collection of 182 posts

Coal Auctions with a pinch of reform

Coal Auctions with a pinch of reform

How are the coal auctions shaping up this year?

How to design Nobel Prize Worthy Auctions?

How to design Nobel Prize Worthy Auctions?

An explainer on Simultaneous Multiple-Round Auctions (SMRA).

Finshots Special-The Winners Curse and how to avoid it?

Finshots Special-The Winners Curse and how to avoid it?

Why Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics?

What is Stagflation?

What is Stagflation?

An explainer on Stagflation.

The Hypocrisy Economy

The Hypocrisy Economy

An explainer on how the pandemic affects women.

The AGR Saga drags on

The AGR Saga drags on

An explainer on AGR dues and volcanoes.

What rich people do during a pandemic?

What rich people do during a pandemic?

Why are rich people paying for passports?

An explainer on the Locust plague

An explainer on the Locust plague

An explainer on why locusts are ravaging the Indian agricultural economy.

How will India emerge from this lockdown?

How will India emerge from this lockdown?

The economic consequences once we emerge from the lockdown.

Economic parallels for Covid-19 pandemic

Economic parallels for Covid-19 pandemic

Why the economic scenario today resembles that of a wartime economy?

Why the 21-day lockdown is inevitable?

Why the 21-day lockdown is inevitable?

Why Prime Minsiter Modi had no option except declaring a 21 day lockdown?

Why is Japan teetering on the edge of a recession?

Why is Japan teetering on the edge of a recession?

All the things that led up to Japan's economic woes simplified.

Why the Gold Discovery claim in Sonbhadra was always suspect

Why the Gold Discovery claim in Sonbhadra was always suspect

Lessons from the short lived gold rush in Uttar Pradesh.

The Economic Angle in the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Economic Angle in the Coronavirus Pandemic

What is the economic impact of the Coronoavirus pandemic?

The Cost of Bushfires

The Cost of Bushfires

What's the price we pay when we leave climate change unchecked?

The Cost of War

The Cost of War

What's the economic fallout going to look like if and when Iran and USA go to war?

A prescription to fix the Economic Mess

A prescription to fix the Economic Mess

How does one solve the Four Balance Sheet problem? A finshots guide to help you understand Arvind Subramanian's prescription for the economy.

The Great Slowdown is here

The Great Slowdown is here

A simplified guide to the four balance sheet problem.

Why is everyone threatening us with a downgrade? Why?

Why is everyone threatening us with a downgrade? Why?

What happens when S&P decides they might choose to downgrade our sovereign rating?

The Hong Kong Protests Simplified

The Hong Kong Protests Simplified

An explainer on the Hong Kong demonstrations and the ensuing economic fallout in 3 minutes.

India's Economic Woes and Potential Fixes

India's Economic Woes and Potential Fixes

How do you fix the GDP problem plaguing the country?

A prescription from Dr. Manmohan Singh

A prescription from Dr. Manmohan Singh

Dr Manmohan Singh’s scathing commentary on the state of Indian economy and Flipkart’s foray into food retail.

It just got a little Moody in here

It just got a little Moody in here

Why did Moody's downgrade India's sovereign rating?

The Real Estate Bailout

The Real Estate Bailout

A 25,000 Cr bailout package is here. But why did the Real Estate industry need the bailout in the first place?