His Manhattan studio, which takes up a floor in a converted garment factory building in the West 30's, is, like his art, overstuffed with objects that he and his wife, Dorothy, have collected, mostly cheaply, from flea markets, galleries and antiques shops.
Russian companies have already been buying up increasing amounts of Ukrainian industry, mostly very cheaply (see article).
It started ticking.Engineers and designers have been using 3D printers for more than a decade, but mostly to make prototypes quickly and cheaply before they embark on the expensive business of tooling up a factory to produce the real thing.
Except for Slovenia, which is now in, none of the east European countries is likely to join the euro for some time but they have mostly been able to borrow as cheaply as if they were already members.So how to cool things down?
It is spurred by a new abundance of cheaply produced sensors - mostly from east Asia - and software connecting them with cloud services.
Beheadings and other gruesome pics and videos are kept from us by teams of content moderators mostly employed by US tech companies, cheaply, mostly in East and Southeast Asian countries.
That keeps people in the country, but it undermines the principle of high taxation for all.Sales tax across the region is mostly around 25%, but Nordic shoppers can buy goods cheaply online from other parts of Europe, or travel to nearby Baltic countries for bargains.
As capital flowed from American shores in recent decades, it was mostly used to set up factories that could make goods cheaply for consumers in the United States and other wealthy countries.
Mr Gupta and others argue that foreign workers, mostly from India, are not necessarily future innovators but just cheaply educated lower-level engineers.
But what biotechnology mostly cannot do yet is produce either feedstock or finished product more cheaply than the petrochemical industry.There are a few well-trumpeted exceptions.
The last two decades have seen a boom in workplace novels written by and mostly marketed to women, from books put out by major publishing houses, to cheaply produced small-press books, to self-published titles.
