by Aseem Gupta | Jan 26, 2026 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
Reading Time: 29 MinutesIn 1950, Sukumar Sen, a mathematician and senior civil servant, became India’s first Chief Election Commissioner. His assignment was extraordinary: organise a national election for a country with approximately 173 million eligible voters,...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 24, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 23 MinutesCalifornia 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...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 18, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 33 MinutesSherlock 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...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 11, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 27 MinutesNew 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...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 4, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 20 MinutesDav 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...
