Blog Posts

  • 98-2

    98-2

    There is this old joke. A home owner had a leaky pipe in house and called the plumber to fix it. The plumber came, took a while to inspect and after doing so he fixed the leak. “How much”, asked the owner. “$ 100” said the plumber. “$100?!! But the fix was so small and…

  • 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.