Blog Posts

  • Game theory

    Game theory

    Game theory allows us to understand how people act in situations where they are interconnected.

  • Price, value and other things

    Yesterday, I met some ex-colleagues who are also friends. Since I moved onto to do something very different – investing in stocks, there is some curiosity about what is it that I do, how am I faring and if the move has been worthwhile. You know, all the proxy questions to “how much do you…

  • Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette is a metaphor for gambling foolishly. The Credit Rating Agencies were playing Russian Roulette by not awarding to IL&FS.

  • Privatized benefits, socialized costs.

    Privatized benefits, socialized costs.

    A made in India credit crisis is taking place.

  • Short feedback loops

    Short feedback loops

    Short feedback loops are powerful. They tell us what we did right and reward us for it and vice-versa, they tell us what we did wrong and punish us for it. Therefore by rewarding or punishing our behavior, short feedback loops alter our behavior.