The book offers a detailed analysis of the remarkable economic growth experienced by both China and India, exploring the factors that have contributed to their rise. It examines the different strategies, policies, and historical contexts that have shaped their economies, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities each country faces. Through comparative insights, the narrative reveals how these two nations are influencing global economic dynamics and the implications for the future.
The word 'charaiveti', from an ancient Sanskrit hymn, means 'keep moving', in search of self-realization. The leading Indian economist and public intellectual Pranab Bardhan invokes this in his moving narrative of a personal and professional journey.
The root of democratic decline is insecurity, not inequality. Antidemocrats across the globe feel differently about inequality, but all fear losing what they have-financially or culturally. Pranab Bardhan urges context-sensitive policy solutions and the promotion of civic patriotism and moderate community values over aggrandizing ethnonationalism.