Category archive for: Economics

Synopsis of BreakOut Nations (Blog #139)

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 11, 2014

“I’m so stunned by my prosperity that my happiness has begun to make me anxious” – Urdu Quote Below is the synopsis of ‘Breakout Nation’ by Ruchir Sharma. This book is a reflection of emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil, Turkey, China, India, South Korea and Mexico. The central theme of the book has been one single question -“Where else will the money go?” To trace money, he talks about the hot investment trend such as 1970’s spike in US company’s stock, 1980’s volatile market due to oil crisis, 1990’s Japan progression market growth and 2000’s market growth due to…

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Quality of Great Leaders

Published by prateekkhamesra on October 25, 2012

Have You ever wonder Why there are only few leaders and rest are followers. Why we had blind trust in the agenda of Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi . Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t the only indian who wanted Independence . Similarly Martin Luther King wasn’t the first person to be harassed of being black. However these people were different . History remember them and we respect them . How these people were able to bring about the revolution ? All these great leaders have a common pattern . The pattern is called ‘Golden Circle’ – It comprises of three circle : Outer circle is…

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Will Rupee Rise against Dollar ?

Published by prateekkhamesra on June 5, 2012

66 – my reaction like every other indian was WTF. Let us examine the scenario. Cause : The rupee has fallen 15% in just four months and the blame is being laid on global economic conditions but weak domestic market is to be blamed. During recession the government went in for consumption oriented fiscal strategy causing rise in the fiscal deficit , fall in domestic saving and sharp increase in imports , hence increasing the current account deficit (CAD) to unmanageable proportion. India has a CAD (shortage of dollars) of $60-70 billion per year. Lack of policy decision was another big factor.…

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The Success Story Of IndiGo Airline

Published by prateekkhamesra on June 3, 2012

“Running an airline is like having a baby : Fun to conceive , but Hell to deliver “. Indian Airline Industry is expected to post a total loss of up to Rs 7,700 crore while all the leading airline are under the crisis only IndiGo is still making money . This made me curious and i took the most predictable action – GOOGLE It and read various article and research paper and finally was able to find the answer to my question – how did it managed to make profiit while its competitors are bleeding . Let us look…

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