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Increasingly, the notion that seems to backfire is “publish or perish.” Publishing research papers in all areas of generations of knowledge (i.e., disciplines) seems to have updated its course. Lately, however, what seems to dominate the business of the generation of knowledge is the attribute of expansion. Expansion in volume and numbers; still doubtful of the quality, though. What seems to change its course is yet an obvious question that research organizations, universities, and other educational institutions increasingly face is the question of “Why fund research?”. Increasingly, private players' intervention seems to impact the existing research landscape worldwide. Looking at just the discipline of economics, the below graph from Aigner, Greenspon, & Rodrik (2021) demonstrates the irrational yet exponential growth in several journals and published research papers over the last four decades.  While growth in numbers is evident, a question of perspective remains. As follows...

  Asymmetric Information & Deepika Padukone:" You can't have it all" Before starting this blog, lemme put a pretext that, this blog is for academic purpose and doesn't mean anything derogatory to the individuals, organizations or any other stake holders concerned thereby. This idea first popped up in my mind while having a not-so-academic discussion with two of my great friends, Alok and Akash. If you have watched and can't recall the dialogue of Deepika,  "Jitna bhi try karo Bunny, kuch na kuch toh chootega hi. Isliye yahin, isi pal ka mazza lete hain,"  from the 2013 Indian coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama movie Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, which in English translates into a tautological phrase, "no matter how much you try, you will miss out on certain things, and you can't just have it all." This is primarily a philosophical idea and can be understood from several interesting dimensions of life and academics. The dimension that I wish...