Episode 153: The Indian Economy in 2019

Alongside much social unrest, the Indian economy went to hell in 2019. Vivek Kaul joins Amit Varma in episode 153 of The Seen and the Unseen to survey the damage, and to demystify the rubble.

Also read:
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2. Two Economic Crises (2008 & 2019) — Episode 135 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand)
3. Non-govt GDP growth paints a grimmer picture — Vivek Kaul
4. Demographic dream is collapsing rapidly — Vivek Kaul
5. Why 2020 might not be a great year for Raju Kumar — Vivek Kaul
6. Why economic growth can’t be taken  for granted — Vivek Kaul
7. Why the slowdown is in the mind — Vivek Kaul
8. What’s in store for the Indian Economy in 2020? — Vivek Kaul
9. DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State — Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan)
10. The Bad and Complex Tax — Episode 74 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan)
11. GST — Episode 3 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devangshu Datta)
12. GST Revisted — Episode 28 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul)
13. India’s Lost Decade — Episode 119 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra)
14. Demystifying GDP — Episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta)
15. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah
16, Every Act of Government Is an Act of Violence — Amit Varma
17. Narrative Economics — Robert Shiller
18. Where Are the Jobs? — Episode 87 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal)
19. India’s Agriculture Crisis — Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra & Kumar Anand)
20. India = Migration — Episode 128 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Chinmay Tumbe)
21. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength — Amit Varma
22. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma
23, Education in India — Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra)
24. Modi’s Lost Opportunity — Episode 119 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Salman Soz)
25. Adam Smith’s ‘man of the system’ retains its resonance — Shruti Rajagopalan
26. Narendra Modi takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma
27. We Live in an Age of Bullshit — Amit Varma

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