About the Book: Ideas That Shaped Modern India And Its Economy: 18702017
Why do some nations prosper while others struggle? Is wealth created by
resources, policies and markets? Or, ultimately, by human ideas and enterprise?
Nearly two centuries ago, Marathi thinker Gopal Hari Deshmukh, better known as
Lokhitwadi, found a powerful answer in samudra manthan. Lakshmi, the goddess of
wealth, emerges only after the ocean is churned through immense collective
effort. His message was simple: wealth must be created.
Beginning with this insight, The Ideas That Shaped India and Its Economy traces
close to 150 years of Indian economic thought: from