In the first half of the nineteenth century, British output per worker surged while real wages barely moved for decades — a stretch economic historians call ‘Engels’ pause’. Carl Benedikt Frey’s The ...

Crude oil is India’s Achilles’ heel. Our energy dependence makes the price of oil one of the most critical inputs in our fiscal planning as well as in monetary policy actions. It follows that ...

Everyone wants the returns that come from holding a great company for decades. But not everyone can actually sit through the 50%-plus drawdowns that come along the way. In our new book, The Art of ...

In our world of personal finance advisory, it is often believed that managing investor behaviour adds far greater value than picking the right investments. This is a result of the development of a new ...

Every business in the world today wants to be AI-first. Everyone wants to maximise productivity and get machines to do repeatable tasks. This lovely essay by Aaron Horwath begins with one such firm.

All of us have watched a scene similar to the one the author of this piece opens with. A restless kid at a wedding, or a couple of hours into a long drive, is handed a phone, and almost immediately ...

According to Wikipedia, “The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member ...

Earlier this week, the Indian authorities granted Marcellus the license to operate a mutual fund company. We at Marcellus feel privileged to be given the opportunity to help Indian families fulfil ...

In a world with increasing wealth inequality, especially with a growing lot with stupendous wealth (even a trillionaire), wealth creation gets a negative connotation in social debates. Yet, there is a ...

Although India is one of the poorest forty countries in the world (as measured by per capita income), the demographic trends in its big metros and in the prosperous south are already similar to that ...

Several studies have shown the tragic decline of reading (especially for pleasure) across the world and across socioeconomic strata. Unsurprisingly, the advent and growth of social media use is often ...

When we heard from experts that ‘AI will change the world’, no one expected it would mean by them killing all humans! Most industries have their share of critics, but there is something worrying about ...