The Influence of Culture on Investment Behaviour
Culture plays a very important role in an economy, and there is a reason for it. Humans beings are designed to be cultural. Since the evolution of human modern human society, culture has continued to...
View ArticleInstitutionalisation of Democracy and the Gods – The faults within
The idea of conceiving a system of governance for a society that is ruled by the people, kicked started the concept of democracy. And democratic ways of governing a society has been around for few...
View ArticleA False equivalence : Comparing Financial Crisis to the Pandemic
My imaginary grandmother aka GrandMa once told me “ son! you don’t measure the damage caused by a hurricane, when you are in the eye of the hurricane “. And I believe that to be true. In my own...
View ArticleThe Class of 2020
Recently a dear friend of mine, who is a professor at a business school asked me to share a few words with his class over a zoom call. Initially, I was a bit reluctant, and that’s mainly because I...
View ArticleThe oldest business model- People have always been the product
The markets no longer mirror the underlying real economy but it reflects the mindset and the prevailing sentiments of the investors. So increasingly markets are seen as becoming detached from the...
View ArticleThe Utility of money: Investing yourself in people Vs Investing in money
So what is investing and what’s an investment? I would think that, most academic will probably agree that, an investment – or investing – is a process that has an element of gamble in it. The hope is...
View ArticlePeople are the collateral damage of bad investment decisions made in the...
Since the March of 2020 we have been in the grips of covid-19 induced pandemic. The governments have had to bailout out the economy, because of the economic shock coming from the lockdown measures put...
View ArticleDestiny, fate and people: It is ideas that shape a human society
There are many variables and variations of permutations, combinations, probability and chances that influences a human living and the journey at large. And even the most brilliant human minds aren’t...
View ArticleThe evolutionary journey of investing as we have come to know it
In 1949, when Alfred W. Jones came up with an idea that became the first hedge fund as we know it today, he was simply executing an innovative strategy at the time of buying stocks and hedging the...
View ArticleIs nature the best entrepreneur and investor there is ?
A generic description of nature will most likely be , the collective natural, physical, material world as well as the universe at large. Some refer to “Nature” as the physical world they live in. Our...
View ArticleFinding ways to fund the Indian economy during a pandemic
The COVID-19 induced pandemic has clearly overwhelmed the Indian society. Seeing the tragedy unfold on our TV screens has been heart breaking for many. Loss of lives has been immense. And my heart...
View ArticleThe idea of money
Productivity, success, wellbeing, influence, power and authority, and almost all aspects of human living is now tied to money. That is our modern society today. But the value of money gets derived...
View ArticleInspired by Nature: Creating a sustainable economic system
As the society and the economy gets more complex, the design fault lines are becoming increasing visible. Today, the global economy faces a number of serious challenges and issues. For example, while...
View ArticleA line of enquiry: Where do you think you belong ?
Based on our current understanding of the big picture, the consensus view is that the story of modern humans journey started in Africa some 200,000 years ago. And modern humans most likely evolved from...
View ArticleThe collapse
Nature is the largest investor in all of us, making it one of our key shareholders alongside us and our parents. And nature has equally invested itself in all what it has created, not just us humans....
View ArticlePerhaps empowering greed is a way to power the green economy ?
Some say a real market economy is the one that ensures greed is good. But on the other hand, there are those who argue that…… Continue reading → Perhaps empowering greed is a way to power the green...
View ArticleWhat is a GOD ?
This is a question that I have been asking myself for decades with no good answer. In my own pursuit to know a God or…… Continue reading → What is a GOD ?
View ArticlePandemic – The unraveling of the society
I guess we have all seen posts shared by friends, friends of friends on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms about the pandemic. Some…… Continue reading → Pandemic – The unraveling of...
View ArticleThe existing gaps in how we measure productivity and economic activities:...
At times I do wish I could sit down with both my parents and reflect on my journey so far, but I am afraid I…… Continue reading → The existing gaps in how we measure productivity and economic...
View ArticleThe Collective Reality
Our conscious experience is a part of reality. According to integrated information theory, consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality. In other words, it exists and is…… Continue reading → The...
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