At the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote that that Apple products are maturing and argued that eventually, Apple will become a services company. I revisit that prediction to see how it is panning out.
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A note on why (and how) Apple is shifting their iPad production to Vietnam, and why is South East Asia an attractive destination for Supply Chains.
Leave a CommentMokyr argues a culture of inquiry led to the Industrial Revolution and staggering economic growth. Where are we now in America? A comparison to Industrial Europe and Qing-era China through Mokyr’s lens of Culture and Growth.
Leave a CommentTime for a thread on the best books that I read in 2021. Here are my ‘Ten’. Five works of fiction & memoirs, and five non-fiction.
Leave a CommentDuring the pandemic, I had decided to decline interviews mainly to focus on personal matters, provide attention to family and commit to teaching & research. This was always a temporary recourse. Now that some constraints are slowly being relaxed, I emerged from my shell and talked to a few reporters about the ongoing supply chain crisis and this blog seems to be a good place to share…
Leave a CommentWhat is a prized possession that you have that has little monetary value in the real world?
For me, it is a small blue hardcover edition of the Westminster dictionary, wrapped in two layers of brown paper, decorated by a faint trace of sandalwood paste mark on the front cover. I almost never use the dictionary now, like everyone else, looking up meanings of words online when I do so. However, its use had diminished even before the advent of online search.
To describe what the book means to me, I have to start at the very beginning…
Leave a CommentAmazon and Flipkart competing hard to figure when Diwali begins.
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