Why China Works and India Does Not
Why does China work while India so often does not? I examine the deeper habits of competence, responsibility, quality, and social order that distinguish the two societies.
Articles by Jayant Bhandari
When the Family is Predatory
A reflection on the family as a source of morality—or predation—followed by investment notes on Nameson Holdings, Aztec Minerals, Cygnus Metals and European Lithium.
The World Is Falling Apart
I join Farzin Irani on Connecting the Dots to discuss democracy, Western decline, India and China, East Asia, capitalism, natural-resource investing, and the preservation of wealth.
When the Family Becomes Predation
In this article, I examine how corruption, amorality, hierarchy, dowry, inheritance conflict, and institutional failure begin in the family, using India as a case study in how imported institutions fail without a moral substratum.
Behind Immigrant Superiority
My latest essay examines the illusion behind immigrant success in the West. In investments, I discuss AAUC, IRV, AZT, CYG, and WPG.
India’s Double Crisis
In this Geopolitical Trends interview with David Oualaalou, I discuss India’s youth anger, the Cockroach Janta Party, unemployment, exam leaks, fake degrees, visa fraud, cyber scams, and the deeper institutional decay behind India’s crisis.
US Hegemony, Pax Sinica, and Third Worldization
In this Geopolitics & Empire interview with Hrvoje Morić, I discuss global chaos, Iran, Ukraine, US hegemony, Pax Sinica, India’s collapse, mass migration, surveillance, and why individuals should diversify across jurisdictions.
The Mask of Civilization
In this musing, I discuss my essay Predation Wearing the Mask of Civilization, which builds on Institutions Cannot Be Transplanted, and examine the CYG/CAML arbitrage opportunity in the mining sector.
Discussion with Richard Kary: June 2026
I speak with Richard Kary on Beyond The Official Narrative about China, immigration, BRICS, fiat currency, commodities, Taiwan, and the decline of the West.
India in Rapid Decline
I speak with Chris Baker on Fountainhead Forum about why I now think India can decline rapidly, not merely slowly, and why the country’s problems are civilizational rather than merely political or economic.