If you run a personal finance blog…somewhere it goes into areas which look peripheral to most people…like: spending financial behaviour economics good food good health why? because good food and good health are good economics. Good economics is sensible personal finance. So you will find occassional posts on food, exercise, etc…here is a shocking news..perhaps […]
For students of Economics, there used to be a concept called ‘Free Market’. The USA was considered to be the home of free markets along with old democracies like France, UK, Japan and the like. Many economists believed that the Free Market was never born, but that is debatable. After much thought, searching and with […]
A few days ago I did a post saying you need Rs. 3 crores (allocated among 3 asset classes equally) – most people reacted saying ‘this is too much’. Let us take an example. If you were to go from your house to office (a journey that you undertake every working day) and you needed […]
For people who have not done Economics – at any level, there is a good chance that they may not know the meaning of ‘Rent’ – in economics, here is the explanation. When you have got used to a certain annuity – generally undeservedly – the rent is threatened. Now if a shop is located […]
When the government by a fiat says that you need a license to do something, the government (deliberately and knowingly) creates a vested interest. Government of Maharashtra gives a taxi permit / auto permit. So if I qualify as a driver, I should be able to go and pay a small fee (say Rs. 5k) […]
There are a few myths in Economics and here is an attempt to handle a few of them. The worry is that these myths are so ingrained that we may all find it difficult to even accept that it is wrong. However, wrong it is, and let me start by enumerating them: 1. There is […]
How funny we keep seeing this cycle of ups and downs…In an up we believe there will be no downs…and in a down we believe there will be no up! I thinking cycling and running – two things that I do help you handle such situations well! If it is a route you know (or […]