by Aseem Gupta | Jan 24, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
California is preparing to ask voters a deceptively simple question: should billionaires pay a one-time tax equal to 5% of their wealth? Supporters argue that a relatively small group of extraordinarily wealthy people could provide billions of dollars for essential...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 18, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Sherlock Holmes is celebrated for his ability to solve crimes that defeat ordinary investigators. In James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal, Andy Weir imagines what might happen if an equally gifted mind placed those abilities at the service of criminals. The result is a...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 11, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
New Zealand is supposed to be one of the best places in the world to live. It has spectacular landscapes, strong democratic institutions, relatively low corruption, and a reputation for safety and social stability. For generations, it represented an attractive...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 4, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Dav Pilkey’s The Adventures of Captain Underpants, first published in 1997, begins with the kind of premise that sounds almost too ridiculous to sustain a novel: two fourth-graders hypnotize their unpleasant principal and convince him that he is Captain...
