Dhoni and the peak-end rule
Why endings matter.
Category: Mental Models
How we make ourselves miserable
We humans use anchors to help interpret situations.
What you incentivize is exactly what you’ll get
Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
Extremistan – Mediocristan
The idea of Extremistan and Mediocristan is powerful and can help find investment ideas.
Gordian Knot
This is a blog on the mental model of Gordian Knot.
Incentives, not intentions, drive the outcome
People understand incentives. They understand what is good for them and what isn’t. They aren’t moved by the noble intention; they are more concerned by what’s in it for them.
When the patriot met the economist
An imaginary conversation between the patriot in me and the economist in me.
Just because you’re good at anything, does that mean you should do everything?
Economics is a study of opportunity costs. This blog uses opportunity costs as a lens to analyze HDFC Bank and Manappuram.
Hello, Benedict!
The mind is lazy and jumps to conclusions.
Sultans of scale
Economies of scale is a powerful idea from microeconomics. Some of the largest companies, worldwide have put this to good use.
Interest upon Interest 