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A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
Amazon and the Copycat playbook
Last week, Reuters reported that Amazon India copied products from sellers on its platform and then rigged search results to promote Amazon’s in-house brands. In today's episode for October 19th 2021, we dive into this story.
05:0119/10/2021
Will cutting fossil fuels hurt India’s food security?
India’s place in the latest Global Hunger Index has dropped by seven spots. And food security in India could be hampered by our plan to use ethanol as a substitute for fossil fuels. In today’s episode for 18th October 2021, we explore what this means for India.
04:2418/10/2021
Are IT companies back on solid footing?
The Indian IT sector has grown from a $4 billion industry in 1999 to a $191 billion giant in 2021. And it contributes to 8% of the country’s GDP. But so far, we’ve not talked about the IT industry in this podcast. So we thought we’d change that today.
06:0216/10/2021
Happy Vijayadashami
Here's wishing all you beautiful people a happy Dussehra.
00:1115/10/2021
Why Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the Nobel Prize in economics
In today's episode for 14th October 2021, we see why Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics
04:1614/10/2021
Why David Card won the Nobel Prize in Economics
The winners for the the Nobel Prize in Economics for this year are…*drumroll*…US-based economists David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens.
In today's episode for 13th October 2021, we’ll focus on David Card’s work today and hopefully talk about the other two tomorrow. And with that introduction out of the way, let’s get to the story, shall we?
06:5413/10/2021
The Maharajah goes back to Tata
In today’s episode, we revisit Air India’s journey through the years and see what the sale means for the company and the Indian government.
07:2912/10/2021
When a credit rating agency gives India the thumbs-up
In today’s episode for 11th October 2021, we explain how a credit rating agency’s decision might impact the Indian economy
05:2911/10/2021
Powering on
In today’s episode for 9th October 2021, we look at power companies and see why they’ve been on a tear these past few weeks.
06:0409/10/2021
Revisiting OYO before its IPO
In today's episode for 8th October 2021, we look at OYO and see what the company is up to these days.
But before that, full disclaimer. This isn't an IPO review and it most certainly isn't going to be exhaustive. We will probably do another slightly more elaborate explainer soon enough. Until then, this should serve as a brief overview of OYO and its business for all the people who haven't been following the company of late.
04:4308/10/2021
Is a viral economics paper going to change our view of inflation forever?
In today’s episode for October 7th 2021, we revisit some high school economics, and see why one economist believes we may have got inflation all wrong
04:1407/10/2021
What is happening to Facebook?
In today's episode for October 6th 2021, we see why Facebook and its stock has been under such pressure this past year
04:4206/10/2021
Understanding the Pandora Papers
In today's episode for October 5th 2021, we talk about the Pandora papers and what they actually mean
04:3505/10/2021
The rise of Cinema Stocks and RIL's Middle East Gambit
In today's episode we talk about movie theatres and RILs ambition to go international.
05:3104/10/2021
Is the US government running out of money?
In today's episode for 1st October 2021, we talk about why mainstream media believes the US government may soon run out of money.
04:1601/10/2021
The growing might of proxy advisory firms
In today's episode for September 30th 2021, we talk about the rising influence of proxy advisory firms in this country
04:0030/09/2021
The case of the disappearing truckers
In today's episode for September 29th 2021, we talk about why truck drivers are abandoning their profession altogether and how it's precipitating a crisis in the UK
04:1629/09/2021
Can the woolly mammoth save us from global warming?
In today's episode for 28th September 2021, we talk about a very interesting topic that's at the intersection of science, business and climate change
04:2628/09/2021
Are we running out of power?
In today's episode for 27th September 2021, we talk about the power crisis brewing in this country
03:5827/09/2021
The Real Estate Rally
In today's episode for 25th September 2021, we talk about the resurgent real estate sector and why all of a sudden everyone is so upbeat about the industry.
04:4425/09/2021
Is the Iron Ore rally over?
In today's episode for 24th September 2021, we talk about why the iron ore rally may be coming to a close
04:1124/09/2021
Understanding the Zee-Sony Marriage
In today's episode for 23rd September 2021, we talk about the merger between Zee Entertainment and Sony Pictures India and see why investors are excited about the company's prospects
04:4623/09/2021
The Urban Planning Crisis
In today's episode for 22nd September 2021, we talk about a NITI Aayog report on urban planning and how to better prepare for the future
04:4222/09/2021
What you should know about the Chinese Evergrande Crisis
In today's episode for 21st September 2021, we talk about the Evergrande crisis and see why analysts across the board seem to think that this could spell doom for China
04:1021/09/2021
Is Modern Monetary Theory the answer to everything?
In today's episode for 20th September 2021, we offer a simplified take on Modern Monetary theory and see if it could solve most of our financial problems
04:4820/09/2021
An Explainer on the Divided Opinion on ITC's Stock
Since everybody’s favourite meme stock has suddenly come alive, we thought we could look at ITC once again and see why it continues to divide opinions.
04:4118/09/2021
The telecom rescue package explained
In today's episode for September 17th 2021, we talk about the telecom rescue package that's expected to offer significant relief to those operating in this cutthroat industry
04:3917/09/2021
Understanding Sri Lanka's Economic Crisis
In today's episode for 16th September 2021, we see why a lot of people are worried about Sri Lanka's deteriorating economic condition
05:1916/09/2021
Why Ford decided to exit India
So the question is, why?utly announced that it will be shutting down its car manufacturing plants in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. And while they've promised to provide their customers with spare parts and service, it is clear as day that Ford has indeed made up its mind to leave India.
So the question is, why?
04:5115/09/2021
How a cashless society may spell doom for an entire industry
In today's episode for 14th September 2021, we talk about how cashless transactions are stunting an entire industry that once helped people manage cash
04:2514/09/2021
Fortnite vs Apple - Part 2
Apple and Epic games (the makers of Fortnite) have been going at each other for almost a year now. And finally a ruling from a Federal judge might just settle the matter. But with one caveat - "It mi
06:2713/09/2021
The Info Edge party
Info Edge has been one of the hottest stocks in the market of late. So we thought we could see why people seem to be betting so heavily on this old internet company.
04:4911/09/2021
Almond Milk won't be milk anymore?
In today's episode for 10th September 2021 we talk about why plant based milk substitutes won't be called milk anymore
04:3810/09/2021
How Climate Change is shifting the Wine map?
In today's episode for 9th September 2021, we talk about how climate change is impacting winemaking across the globe
04:1709/09/2021
A billion-dollar crypto scam may finally be coming to a close
There’s a lot of conversation surrounding cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin these days. El Salvador just adopted it as legal tender. Bitcoin breached the $50,000 mark for the first time since May. And an infamous crypto scam dubbed the Bitconnect fiasco may finally be coming to a close.
We are going to talk about that last bit in today’s episode.
04:2708/09/2021
Is Amazon entering the agri-tech space?
In today's episode for 7th September 2021, we see why Amazon may be flirting with the idea of venturing into the ambitious farm to fork business
03:5307/09/2021
Understanding p2p lending
There’s a lot of talk about p2p lending these days. So we thought we could see what the fuss is all about
04:3406/09/2021
What’s up with Deepak Nitrite?
This stock keeps moving up every time we take a peek at it. So in today's episode for September 4th 2021, we see what’s happening with Deepak Nitrite once again.
04:3204/09/2021
What does the GDP growth figure tell us?
In today's episode we talk about how India's GDP grew by a whopping 20.1% during the first quarter of FY2022, when compared to the same period last year
04:2303/09/2021
The Chinese Blitzkrieg on its own companies
In today's episode for 2nd September 2021, we provide a new explanation on why China may be attacking its own homegrown companies
05:5302/09/2021
The case of the disappearing camel
In today's episode we talk about why the camel population is on the decline.
Yes, camel population :)
04:5901/09/2021
Why did India invest up to $3Bn in Afghanistan?
In today's episode for 31st August 2021, we ask why India would invest massive sums of money in a war-torn country
04:3231/08/2021
Fixing the Urban Cooperative Banking system
In today's episode for 30th August 2021, we talk about how the RBI is trying to fix the urban cooperative banking system in this country.
The link to the full report we mentioned in this episode - https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs//PublicationReport/Pdfs/EXPERTCOMMITTEEUCBS4CC84D84A3E64484B7ADD2D1DCB11D3D.PDF
05:0730/08/2021
Tata Steel’s purple patch
In today's episode for 28th August 2021, we talk about why Tata Steel has been on a dream run these past few months.
05:1528/08/2021
How does a country run out of water?
In today's episode for 27th August 2021 we talk about how Lebanon may soon run out of water.
Yes! Water.
04:4527/08/2021
The Global Shipping Crisis
In today's episode we talk about why the shipping industry is being pushed to the limits
04:4226/08/2021
A 6 lakh crore monetization plan
On Monday (23rd August 2021), Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government’s four-year infrastructure asset monetization plan with the explicit aim of raising ₹6 lakh crore by 2025. And in today’s episode for 25th August 2021, we are going to talk about it some more.
04:2225/08/2021
A unique identifier for gold?
In today's episode for August 24th 2021, we see why jewellers across the country are upset with the introduction of what some people believe is the new Aadhar for gold.
04:4424/08/2021
Eicher's moment of reckoning?
In today's episode for 23rd August 2021, we talk about Eicher Motors and see why the company's shareholders decided to vote against reinstating Mr. Siddhartha Lal as the Managing Director for another year
09:0823/08/2021
Is Ola finally paving the way for an electric scooter revolution?
In today's episode for August 20th 2021, we look at the lofty aspirations of Ola and see why there is so much optimism in the electric scooter industry right now.
04:5520/08/2021