Our economy's contracted. And Lionel Messi's looking for someone new to contract with. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul dissect both situations in episode 12 of Econ Central. Also discussed: Amitabh Bachchan's crocodile. Also check out: 1. Demystifying GDP -- Episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta). 2. What a Long Strange Trip It's Been -- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 3. The Indian Economy in 2019 -- Episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 4. DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State — Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 5. The Seen/Unseen episodes on GST: 1, 2, 3. 6. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State -- Amit Varma. 7. The Seen/Unseen episodes on Covid-19: 1, 2, 3. 8. Many acts behind the world's worst economic slump -- Vivek Kaul. 9. The US Economy Contracted by 9.1% and not 32%. India's Economy Contracted by 23.9% -- Vivek Kaul. 10. Who Moved My Interest Rate? -- D Subbarao. 11. Forget the romance, a Messi-Guardiola reunion would not make City better -- Jonathan Wilson. 12. Wikipedia articles on the Fallacy of Composition, Cherry Picking, the Halo Effect and the Winner's Curse. 13. The Halo Effect (2007) -- Amit Varma. 14. Ganga Jamuna Saraswati -- Full movie on YouTube. 15. Amar Akbar Anthony: Masala, Madness and Manmohan Desai -- Sidharth Bhatia. 16. The 10 Rules of Successful Nations -- Ruchir Sharma. 17. The Rise and Fall of Nations -- Ruchir Sharma. 18.