Articles by Jayant Bhandari

India: Another Demonetization?

An essay on India’s withdrawal of the INR 2,000 note, demonetization, bureaucratic confusion, state control, and the arbitrary disruption of ordinary life.


Mining as a Proxy for Commodities

A discussion on mining stocks as a proxy for commodities, why resource equities do not always follow commodity prices, and why coal may offer contrarian value.


Is Pax Americana Over?

A discussion on Pax Americana, currencies, geopolitics, arbitrage, investing, philosophy, and the risks of a more fragmented global order.


The West is Falling

A discussion on the decline of the West, where capital may flow, and why investors must think carefully about political risk, gold, currencies, and East Asia.


The Ossification of the Indian Mind

A discussion with Meyrick Abreu on Dabbling Path about the ossification of the Indian mind, rising corruption, pre-British lawlessness, and India’s resistance to real change.


Stalin and the Wokes

A discussion with Darcy Gerow on wokeism, immigration, democracy, Canada’s decline, and why woke culture corrodes institutions without building anything serious.


Conspiracies or Banality?

A discussion with Richard Kary on whether modern decay is driven by conspiracy or by the banality of weak incentives, cowardice, careerism, and institutional failure.


Geopolitics and the US Dollar

A discussion with Yra Harris on The Roundtable Insight about geopolitics, the U.S. dollar, China and Japan equities, currencies, capital flows, and resource markets.


The Reality of the Third World

A discussion with Gabriel Custodiet on The Watchman Privacy Podcast about the reality of the Third World, India, corruption, moral consciousness, demonetization, scams, and civilizational decay.