Trade face-off: Will Trump’s America back down first or Xi’s China?
You might be able to think of a dozen ways through which a public backlash might compel Donald Trump, the President of the United States, to back down on his…
Why Blusmart is a textbook case of the challenges of growth—and promoter greed
But it did. That’s because BluSmart, India’s first all-electric ride-hailing service, seemed like the rare startup that got everything right at the right time. Its customer proposition addressed the key…
Powell versus Trump: Why Fed independence matters in times of turmoil
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is pushing back against President Donald Trump after deftly avoiding confrontation for months. In a question and answer session on Wednesday, Powell portrayed chaotically…
Confidently wrong: Why AI is so exasperatingly human-like
We’ve been looking for the wrong signs in the race for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Sure, we still fantasize about the day that AI will solve quantum gravity, out-compose Mozart…
Biju Dominic: Why we do what we do is hard to grasp, but don’t give up
Why do 10-12 people in Mumbai get hit by a train every single day? At the peak of the covid pandemic, the big question was how do we motivate every…
Unilateral tariffs risk retaliation aimed at intellectual property
In considering the current frenzy over unilateral tariffs, looking back just a few decades is helpful. Let us recall the outcome of the Uruguay Round (1986-1994) of negotiations that led…