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The Great Outsourcing Shift | How Federal Reserve Policy is Reshaping Global Tech Markets
Posted on 7 mins
TLDR - Summary: Analyzing recent market changes and reshaping industries and the human factors involved in it presents an economic complexity that goes beyond textbook theories. Competitive advantages are temporary - What seems permanent (like India’s IT dominance) can shift rapidly Monetary policy is as much psychology as economics - Expectations often matter more than fundamentals Perfect systems don’t exist - All economic frameworks involve trade-offs Money is a tool, not wealth - The goal should be facilitating productive exchange, not monetary purity Human behavior drives economic outcomes - Any system that ignores human psychology is doomed to fail The Great Outsourcing Shift: How Federal Reserve Policy is Reshaping Global Tech Markets Southeast Asia is emerging as the new frontier for IT outsourcing, with Vietnam and the Philippines positioning themselves as serious competitors to India’s long-standing dominance in the global services economy.
The Great Historical Gap | Why Ancient India Never Bothered Writing Its Own Story
Posted on 9 mins
TLDR – Summary: There’s something peculiar about Indian history that most people don’t realize—until very late in the game, Indians simply never bothered chronicling their own story. Not in the way we think of history, anyway. While civilizations around the world were busy recording kings, battles, and political events, ancient India was doing something entirely different. Or perhaps more accurately, it was deliberately not doing what everyone else was doing.
Democracy and Secularism in India | Is it time to Change? Or was it Always Broken...
Posted on 9 mins
TLDR – Summary: India’s secular democracy is critiqued for suppressing Hindu interests and fostering division, with historical evidence and intellectual arguments supporting a shift to a Dharmic governance model that prioritizes duty, justice, and cultural continuity while addressing concerns about majoritarianism. The Mirage of Secular Democracy in India: A Case for a Dharmic Renaissance India’s secular-democratic framework, enshrined in its Constitution since 1950, is often celebrated as a triumph of unity in diversity.
The Manufacturing Imperative | Why India's Development Path Diverges from East Asian Success
Posted on 12 mins
TLDR – Summary: Based on Joe Studwell’s How Asia Works, this article argues India skipped the “land → manufacturing → finance” formula that drove East Asian growth. East Asian model: Land reform boosted small-farm output, state-led export manufacturing forced global competition, and financial control funneled capital into industry. India’s detour: Post-1991 liberalization built an IT/BPO powerhouse (<1% workforce) instead of a broad manufacturing base (~14% vs. 30% in East Asia).