A person in a marketplace

A fortnightly, reported, deep-dive at the intersection of economy, finance, careers and feelings.

Business journalism pre-occupies itself numbers and cognitive analysis. But business is, in fact, made of human relationships. Our careers, likewise, are shaped by market incentives. But equally crucially: self-identity, health, values and worldview. On occasion, love. A fundamental principle of all economic thought is that human beings are rational, but we’re rarely strictly so. How we build families, careers, how we behave as investors, creditors, debtors, consumers and producers, are shaped fundamentally and significantly by our humanness. By the quirks and mysteries of what it means to be a person in the marketplace. To quote David Graeber, capitalism dominates but it doesn’t pervade. A Person in a Marketplace is a fortnightly reported longform that takes an under-reported, or misunderstood phenomena from the world of business. It uses human stories, expert analysis and data to unpack the phenomenon. And therein lay bare what it means to live an embodied, meaningful life within the constructs of capitalism as it is practiced today. The perspective will be contrarian to conventional wisdom. Or ahead of curve in discourse. Told intelligently, and interestingly.

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Story Ideas:

The price of the HPV vaccine is shaping young women’s conversations with their parents about sex. Here’s how.

Vest cycles are undermining our quality of life. (And how not to let them).

Network effect: Women are investing in niche wine brands, it’s a whole thing.

VC’s have left young startup employees with no deep skills.

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About Me

Hi! I’m Sneha. I’ve been a journalist for ten years, and a podcaster for five. I know how to build editorial products. More significantly, I know how to build operations, teams and systems that build editorial products, week on week, month or month. I’ve built what was globally recognised as among the best business podcasts. I’ve interviewed hundreds of India’s best minds and biggest hearts about the things that matter to them most:

therapy⁠

has changed how they do business,

Bombay⁠

is struggling to attract talent, how much leave we take when we get

unlimited leave⁠

, and that the core job of being a

product manager⁠

is to actually be a politician. I love enabling introspective thought and feelings. Above all, I know how to tell a tight, high-impact story. I invite you to see for yourself:

here,⁠

here⁠

and

here⁠

. I’m also a single dog mom of three.

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