Vivek Kaul

Vivek Kaul

Vivek Kaul is a writer and an economic commentator. 

Khelo India Khelo: What Gen Z Protests Tell Us About the Lure of Easy Money

Easy money schemes thrive because young Indians face stagnant incomes and scarce quality jobs. The protests reveal the economic frustration beneath the politics. 

Vivek Kaul

July 29, 2026 at 3:34 AM IST

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The Government Earned ₹1.29 Trillion Taxing Equities. Why Will It Let It Go?

The case for abolishing long term capital gains tax ignores a simple reality: the government earned ₹1.29 trillion from it in 2024-25. Who fills that gap if the tax disappears?

Vivek Kaul

July 22, 2026 at 3:42 AM IST

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Why Housing Prices (almost) Never Fall in India 

The answer has less to do with demand and supply than with who owns homes, why they own them. 

Vivek Kaul

July 16, 2026 at 7:09 AM IST

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How Expensive Homes Are Shrinking India's Future 

India’s housing surge is pricing out families, draining savings, weakening consumption, and perhaps accelerating the country’s fertility decline.

Vivek Kaul

July 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM IST

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IPOs Have Changed. It’s Time Regulation Caught Up With Reality 

IPOs are increasingly exit routes for founders, venture capitalists and private equity, not growth capital. Regulation must adapt as more and more risk is shifted to retail investors.

Vivek Kaul

July 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM IST

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Alan Greenspan (1926–2026): The Godfather of the Modern Bubble

Greenspan gave markets the Greenspan put: an invisible Fed safety net that soothed every sell-off, until the bubbles got too big to ignore.

Vivek Kaul

June 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM IST

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India Should Discourage Excessive Investments in Equities

As money pours into equities, foreign investors cash out at lofty valuations, raising pressure on the rupee and creating wider economic risks.

Vivek Kaul

June 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM IST

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What SpaceX's IPO Tells Us About the AI Bubble

Bubbles are hard to spot in real time, but a rush of big-ticket share sales has often been one warning sign investors ignore.

Vivek Kaul

June 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM IST

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AI Doesn't Take Toilet Breaks, It Doesn't Spend Money Either

As AI shrinks entry-level hiring and reshapes the workforce, a deeper question emerges: who will drive consumption if workers lose income?

Vivek Kaul

June 3, 2026 at 4:13 AM IST

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Masters of the Universe: How Bull Market Prophets Turned Bear Market Lobbyists

Bull run swagger has given way to tax-cut lobbying, exposing how quickly market narratives collapse when rallies fade.

Vivek Kaul

May 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM IST

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What a Cricket Stadium Taught Me About India’s Gold Obsession

What looks rational for individual households can become costly for the economy, making India’s gold obsession a classic fallacy of composition.

Vivek Kaul

May 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM IST

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Why India Inc Isn’t Investing in the Growth Story

India Inc is earning more than ever, yet remains reluctant to build, expand or take manufacturing risks as the country’s consumption story looks weaker than advertised.

Vivek Kaul

May 7, 2026 at 3:43 AM IST

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The Rupee’s Mauna Kea Problem: What We Don’t See Matters More

The rupee debate fixates on visible costs, ignoring hidden fiscal risks, political compulsions and market psychology that make inaction far riskier.

Vivek Kaul

April 30, 2026 at 3:52 AM IST

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