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India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today

India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today

Mody, Ashoka

Hardcover

EconomicsIndian & South Asian History

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 1503630056
ISBN13: 9781503630055
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Feb 14 2023
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

A provocative new account of how India moved relentlessly from its hope-filled founding in 1947 to the dramatic economic and democratic breakdowns of today.

When Indian leaders first took control of their government in 1947, they proclaimed the ideals of national unity and secular democracy. Through the first half century of nation-building, leaders could point to uneven but measurable progress on key goals, and after the mid-1980s, dire poverty declined for a few decades, inspiring declarations of victory. But today, a vast majority of Indians live in a state of underemployment and are one crisis away from despair. Public goods--health, education, cities, air and water, and the judiciary--are in woeful condition. And good jobs will remain scarce as long as that is the case. The lack of jobs will further undermine democracy, which will further undermine job creation. India is Broken provides the most persuasive account available of this economic catch-22.

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