From Boom to Burst: The Death of the Silicon Valley Bank

By Aman Kayal (Editor-In-Chief) First the pandemic and now inflation, war, rising interest rates, supply chain disruption, and more for banks globally, the combination of macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical disruption in 2022 overturned many assumptions and ended more than a decade of relative stability. Conforming to the continuing disruption, on March 10, 2023, the Silicon…

C+1: India’s path towards progress

By Karishma Malhan | Edited by Atiyah Krishnan Have you ever heard of the proverb, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”? That is exactly where the idea of the “China plus one” strategy came into play. This refers to the global business strategy by which corporations diversify their investments in the business sector…

Multiple Faces of India’s Economic Disparity

By Parth Chhajed | Edited by Khushi Shah One of the biggest factors driving growth in an economy is demand. This facilitates India’s greatest strength, its 1.4 billion population that relies on domestic consumption largely contributing to its economic growth. But it has been observed over the past few years, the demand in the economy…

Brexit: A Predicament for the UK?

By Nevelee Shekhar | Edited by Aman Kayal With the resignation of Boris Johnson, is the United Kingdom realising its mistake? The short and disastrous tenure of Liz Truss has proven how big of a predicament Brexit was for the UK.  The European Union, an international organisation, became a global power and a free trade…

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

By Aashni Rebello Inflation stands at 7.01%! Global supply chains are being disrupted! There is a shortage of grains, fuel and fertilizers all over the world.  A war is raging between two of the most globally integrated countries in the world. A crisis like no other, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has triggered an economic meltdown, one…

The Rise of the Jangmadang

By Aashni Rebello | Edited by Samarth Khanduri ‘Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a nuclear warhead,’ ‘7 public executions in the past decade for watching K-Pop,’ ‘60% of North Koreans live in extreme poverty.’  Bombarded with these headlines, it is hardly surprising that the rest of the world sees North Korea as a dark…

The Booster Shot

by Ruth D’Souza | Edited by Drishti Rana In a world of ideas, creativity is a beacon but it does not stand alone. Even more important than coming up with an idea, is the funding that backs this idea. Innovation is nothing, if not backed with funds. The source of backing ideation is not hard…

The Dollar Dominance

By Kushi Naidu | Edited by Kripa Jalan Have you ever wondered about a world without currency? Or a world without a standard means to deal in trades? As peaceful as it is to imagine, it also would lead to a spiral of unorganised transactions throughout the world. Looking at the significance and fluidity in…

Beyond Consumerism

by Khushi Shah ‘In nearly 100 cities, where a combined 700 million live, the consumption of goods and services ‘including food, clothing, aviation, electronics, construction and vehicles’ is responsible for 10 percent of global greenhouse gases. That’s nearly double the emissions from every building in the entire world..’’ – The New Republic Bush fires, ghost…

Uber: An Economy of Trust

by Kripa Jalan Did you ever hesitate to take an UberPool or questioned the safety factor before booking an Airbnb? Have you ever stayed in an Airbnb or used an UberPool and tried to understand why these concepts exist, how they started and what they are built on? Have you tried to understand what they…