Kaul, Vivek: - VIVEK KAUL has worked in senior positions at the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) and The Economic Times. He is the author of four books, including the bestselling Easy Money trilogy on the history of money and banking and how that caused the financial crisis that started in 2008 and is still on. India's Big Government: The Intrusive State and How It Is Hurting Us, his fourth book, was published in January 2017. Kaul is a regular columnist for Mint, BBC, Dainik Jagran, Firstpost, Bangalore Mirror and the Deccan Herald. He has also appeared as an economics commentator on BBC, Mirror Now, CNBC Awaaz and NDTV India. He is a regular guest on 'The Seen and the Unseen', one of India's most popular podcasts. He speaks regularly on economics and finance and has lectured at IIM Bangalore, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Visakhapatnam, NMIMS and the Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, among others. Kaul lives in Mumbai and loves to read crime fiction in his free time.