Worth Repeating: Is India Back?

New Thinking for a New World · Aug 17, 2023 · 37m

Will India continue to evolve and become a global power? Milan Vaishnav shares some answers in this episode.

India's backstory is largely unknown in the West. Between the 1st and 17th centuries AD, the country had the world's largest economy, controlling as much as one-third of global wealth. But that seemingly endless prosperity was followed by almost 500 years of decline as India was plundered and pushed aside by modern powers.

Fast forward to 2023: India is the world's most populous nation with one of the largest economies. The three trillion dollar Indian economy is expected to grow…