Can America bounce back from this financial crisis?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The answer is absolutely yes! The more important question is, what would it bounce back to? The United States of America has been changing for some time and now the pace might accelerate! The current sentiment resembles so much that prevailed during the Jimmy Carter administration. Americans concluded that Carter was a weak leader and [...]

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The United States is a saturated market!

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The American economy is considered a consumption based economy. Therefore, the growth in economy would come from the growth in demand. But if the demand is saturated it can not be stimulated by increased liquidity or credit. This is precisely what the federal government has been trying to achieve. It is as ridiculous as asking [...]

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World is anything but flat!

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

What happened? It was supposed to be flat when Tom Friedman saw it! Well, he didn’t really see it himself; he was told by Nandan Nilekani of Infosys Technologies that “the world is flat”. Tom Friedman had no reason not to believe a successful entrepreneur like Nandan Nilekani. Tom was visiting China and India in [...]

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What is the logic behind G-20 meet?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Looking at the current global financial crisis, something needs to be done and done fast. The question is: what can be done without an active participation of the United States? Although the summit is being hosted by the United States and the venue is likely to be Washington DC, a lame-duck US President is going [...]

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Anglo-American egos are falling, not BRICs…

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Thank you ‘The Economist’, you always manage to rattle my cage! This time with “Beware falling BRICs”, catchy head-line but with dubious credentials. It appears to be more of a wishful thinking rather than based on any facts. It is true that the stock markets in the emerging economies have shown little too much of [...]

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