by Aseem Gupta | May 31, 2025 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 29 MinutesSouth Korea is experiencing something that once seemed increasingly unlikely: more babies are being born. After years of relentless decline, the country’s fertility rate rose from a historic low of 0.72 children per woman in 2023 to 0.75...
by Aseem Gupta | May 25, 2025 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 53 MinutesSlaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969, is Kurt Vonnegut’s account of war, survival, death, and the difficulty of making sense of experiences that resist ordinary explanation. Its central character, Billy Pilgrim, is an American soldier...
by Aseem Gupta | May 20, 2025 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
Reading Time: 27 MinutesIn October 1995, Canada came within 54,288 votes of losing Quebec. After months of campaigning and a remarkable 93.52% voter turnout, 49.42% of Quebecers voted for sovereignty, while 50.58% voted against it. A country that had existed for more...
by Aseem Gupta | May 18, 2025 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 35 MinutesJean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit begins with a familiar expectation of hell and then removes almost everything conventionally associated with it. There are no flames, demons, racks, or instruments of torture. Instead, three dead people are placed...
by Aseem Gupta | May 12, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 30 MinutesThe world is becoming increasingly determined to reduce its dependence on the US dollar. Central banks are accumulating gold, China is expanding the international use of the yuan, and countries facing Western sanctions are developing...
