I have always been a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker articles. He is the quintessential eclectic … Continue lendo “Criminal Profiling is bogus by Malcolm Gladwell”

A recent article in the Financial Times showed that French and German schoolbooks demonize enterprise. As the article … Continue lendo “Shocking research on continental European economics teaching”

When I first read The Pillars of the Earth 15 years ago, I absolutely fell in love with … Continue lendo “World Without End is fascinating”

A number of you have asked me which of my articles first time entrepreneurs should read. Here is … Continue lendo “Startup Kit / Startup 101: Select Articles for First Time Entrepreneurs to Read”

While 2006 was a year of transition with the break after Zingy and the creation of OLX, 2007 … Continue lendo “Looking back at 2007, looking forward to 2008”

As I wrote in a recent article (Capitalism and Democracy), despite decreases in global inequality because of economic … Continue lendo “The End of Inequality”

If you want to find out more about we have been up to, you can read the interview … Continue lendo “Interview about OLX on an Indian blog”

The movie is good, not great. It’s extremely well done and acted. However, given that it’s directed by … Continue lendo “American Gangster is worth seeing”

“I have stressed the fact that the beloved person is a substitute for the ideal ego. Two people … Continue lendo “Interesting quote on love”

In a recent post, I explained how one of the ways that OLX has grown was to partner … Continue lendo “OLX Invests in Edeng, One of China's Leading Free Online Classifieds Site”

I live in New York even though I work on the Internet. That decision has always been for … Continue lendo “New York is the place to be :)”

We thought it would be cool to let users display their listings on their profile page and use … Continue lendo “Check out the OLX application on Facebook”

They are so incredibly cute 🙂

It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, … Continue lendo “Optimism”

You have to love the dry British humor 🙂