Videos
Agriculture is one of the great places to be – Jim Rogers on Bloomberg UTV in India
Jim speaking at an event – “Investment strategies in an emerging financial lanscape”. Funny to see the Indian interviewer’s (probably an MBA!) WTF reaction to Jim’s comments on agriculture. In trying to sell the attractiveness of the farming business in South America to potential investors, I’ve found the going rough in India. People cannot imagine [...]
India’s water shortage for agriculture
I visited Punjab and talked to some farmers there in Feb ’2010, and they told me within 10 years groundwater in most places will be below a 100 feet, and pumps will stop working. Within 20 years, they are looking at a desert like situation in India’s bread basket. via Fortune As the water table [...]
Charter Cities: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty
This is ‘governance outsourcing’ – benchmarking it to global best practices, and giving opportunity to thousands of citizens, and later millions, to improve their lives quickly – instead of leading miserable lives under local political leaders who are criminal and/or incompetent and local institutions that are dysfunctional. An experiment, if succceful, others will want to [...]
Uruguay – a jewel of a country that should be considered by Indian investors
Uruguay is a country few outside Argentina and Brazil know about – each Dec-Feb rich Brazilians and Argentines flock to the fashionable resort of Punta del Este, the Riviera of Latin America. I am convinced it offers excellent opportunities for Indian investors in corporate farming and forestry – not to mention IT services and serving [...]
US Financial Crisis
Prof. Nouriel Roubini of NYU is probably one of the first economists to have correctly called this financial crisis, as early as 2006. I saw him on Charlie Rose last night and when asked “Is there an end in sight?” he replied “We are in the second or third inning (baseball metaphor) of a nine-inning [...]
The Wonders of Peru
Great show on the Travel Channel at the invitation of former President Alejandro Toledo. Brilliant marketing move for tourism. Parts 1, 3 and 5 of this show follow. In 2002, I hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, watched the Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun) celebrations at Sacsayhuaman, outside Cuzco, and went trekking in [...]
How individuals follow group behavior
A classic of behavioral psychology. Goes some way towards explaining why individuals fall in line with political or social movements, though flawed. A T-shirt I saw recently in Chicago said “Think…It’s not illegal, yet”
Greening the Desert
An incredibly insightful video on turning fallow land productive
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