Ideas of India
Hosted by Senior Research Fellow Shruti Rajagopalan, the Ideas of India podcast examines the academic ideas that can propel India forward.
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Rolly Kapoor on Group Travel and Women's Job Search Behavior in India
Kapoor and Rajagopalan discuss how simple interventions can significantly impact women’s economic opportunities in India.
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Ruchir Sharma on America’s Debt and the Future of Capitalism
Sharma and Rajagopalan trace the evolution of American capitalism.
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Amol Agrawal on the Bankers who Built Modern India
Agrawal and Rajagopalan uncover South Canara’s contributions to financial inclusion.
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Amartya Lahiri and Devashish Mitra on Trade and Manufacturing-Led Economic Growth in India
Lahiri, Mitra, and Rajagopalan discuss reconciling education, skills, and job creation in a globalized economy and revisit exports and manufacturing led economic growth policies.
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Anirudh Burman on Rethinking India’s Land Regulation
Burman and Rajagopalan discuss India land regulation, from zamindari to zoning.
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Kadambari Shah and Shreyas Narla on Continuing the Reform Agenda
Narla and Shah return to the podcast to discuss the hidden costs of India’s regulatory framework.
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Sajith Pai Unpacks the 2024 Indus Valley Annual Report and the Changing Indian Consumer
Shruti Rajagopalan and Sajith Pai talk about the interplay between the changing Indian consumer, the start up ecosystem, the avenues for domestic and foreign investors.
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Anne Krueger Reflects on 50 Years of Rent-Seeking, Trade, and Economic Development
Shruti Rajagopalan and Krueger unpack the complex interplay of trade, politics, and economic development from the past five decades.
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Karthik Muralidharan Examines the State of the Indian State
Economists Shruti Rajagopalan and Karthik Muralidharan talk about improving India’s state capacity, streamlining public service delivery, staffing, and public expenditure in India.
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Arjun Ramani and Thomas Easton Decode India's Changing Economic Landscape
Shruti Rajagopalan does a deep dive into The Economist’s Ramani and Easton’s special report on India.
