by Aseem Gupta | Jun 4, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
The World Cup is supposed to be football’s great democratic ritual. For one month, the sport belongs to everyone. Not just to club owners, broadcasters, sponsors, betting companies, luxury-box guests, or executives in tailored suits. It belongs to the kid watching in...
by Aseem Gupta | May 31, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Rome did not collapse because one thing went wrong. That is what makes its story so unsettling. The Roman Empire was not a fragile state waiting for one bad emperor, one barbarian invasion, or one financial mistake to bring it down. It was one of the most durable...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 22, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Greece did not wake up one morning and suddenly discover it was bankrupt. For years, the country had been living inside an economic illusion. It had the spending habits of a state that could borrow cheaply, the institutions of a state that struggled to collect taxes,...
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...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 17, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
You wake up, check your phone, buy breakfast, pay rent, complain about prices, think about your salary, avoid your bank balance, wonder why houses cost so much, and hear someone on the news say the economy is “strong” even though everything feels expensive. That is...
