Rohit Lamba Reimagines India’s Economic Policy Emphasis
Ideas of India
English - May 08, 2024 21:19 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture publicpolicy development economics india Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today my guest is Rohit Lamba, an assistant professor of economics at Pennsylvania State University and a visiting assistant professor of economics at New York University Abu Dhabi. We spoke about his recent book Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future which he has coauthored with Raghuram Rajan.
We spoke about their argument to shift the focus from industrial and trade policy towards a services and education policy, how India can and should decentralize, if India can scale education and health, India’s growth rate numbers, and much more.
Recorded April 19th, 2024.
Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links.
Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:05:21) - Zooming into Indian States
(00:20:25) - Why not Decentralization?
(00:26:28) - Scaling Education
(00:51:14) - Educating the Global South
(00:53:22) - Picking Winners and Losers
(01:10:22) - India's Growth Rate
(01:18:44) - Outro
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