by Aseem Gupta | Jan 25, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Published in 2010, in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, Ha-Joon Chang’s 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism arrived at a moment when ideas that had been treated as economic common sense suddenly looked much less secure. The crisis had...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 20, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Cal Newport’s How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students was published in 2005, years before Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You made him widely known for writing about concentration, career development, and the...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 11, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
For generations, New Zealand sold the world a beautiful promise. Clean air. Safe streets. Strong institutions. Spectacular landscapes. A calm, high-trust society at the edge of the world. It was the kind of country people dreamed of moving to, not the kind of country...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 10, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
The easiest tax policy to understand is also one of the hardest to execute. Tax the rich. It sounds obvious. Billionaires own more wealth than entire cities, states, and sometimes small countries. Their fortunes rise with asset prices. Their lifestyles are funded by...
