Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur on India's Precocious Development Odyssey

Today my guests are Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur. Arvind is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. Devesh is the Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies and Director of the Asia Programs at the Johns Hopkins. They are co-authors of the recent book, A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India's Development Odyssey . We talked about India's redistributive democracy, why Indian states have taken such different development paths, India's socialism and consequent scarcity, manufacturing challenges, and much more. Recorded February 13th, 2026. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Connect with Ideas of India

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Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur on India's Precocious Development Odyssey is an episode from Ideas of India by Shruti Rajagopalan.

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This episode was published on Apr 9, 2026.

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