Like cricket and cinema, the annual budget brought out by the central government has become a national obsession. Vivek Kaul. the Shah Rukh Khan of Economics, joins Amit Varma, the Govinda of Podcasting, in episode 129 of The Seen and the Unseen to demystify the budget. Much fun is had. Blockbuster guaranteed. Also read: The Sholay Redux -- Vivek Kaul Easynomics: Why high-income tax hurts -- Vivek Kaul How ₹1.7 trillion has gone missing -- Vivek Kaul The State of Our Farmers -- Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil) DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State -- Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan) All Hail Public Choice Theory -- Episode 121 of The Seen and the Unseen India's Lost Decade -- Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra) Economics in One Lesson -- Henry Hazlitt (free pdf link) The Law -- Frédéric Bastiat Marginal Revolution University  You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios