Ep 448: Vidya Mahambare, the Rooted Economist

She is not an ivory tower academic but an economist whose deep understanding of society comes from lived experience and endless curiosity. Vidya Mahambare joins Amit Varma in episode 448 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her life and her learnings. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Vidya Mahambare on Google Scholar, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Great Lakes, Mint and her own website. 2. What Shapes Us? -- Vidya Mahambare's podcast. 3. Closing the income gap -- Vidya Mahambare's column on the five Es. 4. Family structure, education and women's employment in rural India -- Sowmya Dhanaraj and Vidya Mahambare. 5. Male backlash and female guilt: women's employment and intimate partner violence in urban India -- Sowmya Dhanaraj and Vidya Mahambare. 6. Women's challenging commutes in southern India: A case of the metropolitan region of Chennai -- Vidya Mahambare and Sowmya Dhanaraj. 7. Analysing the sentiment-based variation in finance ministers' communication -- Vidya Mahambare, Akash Gupta and Sowmya Dhanaraj. 8. Sowmya Dhanaraj Is Making a Difference — Episode 380 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. Alice Evans Studies the Great Gender Divergence — Episode 297 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 11. A Deep Dive Into Education -- Episode 54 of Everything is Everything. 12. Puliyabaazi — Pranay Kotasthane, Saurabh Chandra and Khyati Pathak's podcast. 13. What These Labels Mean -- Episode 107 of Everything is Everything. 14. Every Act of Government Is an Act of Violence -- Amit Varma. 15. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything. 16. India's MSME Landscape — Some Useful Frameworks — Episode 419 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sudhir Sarnobat and Narendra Shenoy). 17. What Ails Indian Manufacturing? -- Episode 104 of Everything is Everything. 18. Is Manufacturing the Answer? -- Episode 105 of Everything is Everything. 19. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha Is the Impartial Spectator — Episode 388 of The Seen and the Unseen. 20. Varditalya Mansachya Nondi -- Sadanand Date. 21. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen. 22. EconForEverybody -- Ashish Kulkarni's blog. 23. FSI (Floor Space Index) — Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok). 24. Rent Control — Episode 14 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok). 25. Roofs or Ceilings -- Milton Friedman. 26. Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs — Episode 46 of Everything is Everything. 27. Luxury Beliefs are Status Symbols -- Rob Henderson. 28. A Matter of Life and Death -- Amit Varma. 29. India = Migration — Episode 128 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Chinmay Tumbe). 30. India Moving — Chinmay Tumbe. 31. Biju Rao Won't Bow to Conventional Wisdom — Episode 392 of The Seen and the Unseen. 32. Can Economics Become More Reflexive? — Vijayendra Rao. 33. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen. 34. Is Your Impact Evaluation Asking Questions That Matter? A Four Part Smell Test — Lant Pritchett. 35. The Confidence Gap — Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. 36. More from Less for More -- Raghunath Mashelkar and Sudhil Borde. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit's newsletter? It's madly active right now! Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: 'Women at Work' by Simahina.