Why Freedom Matters | Episode 10 | Everything is Everything

Humanity progresses when people are free. India still hasn't learnt that lesson. Welcome to Episode 10 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah. In this episode, Amit and Ajay talk about how freedom is the only route to prosperity -- and India has suffered for decades from its lack of freedoms of all kinds. They trace India's economic history from before Independence to the present day, examining the peaks & troughs in between. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Teaser and packaging 00:58 Introduction: The Wailing of the Dispossessed 02:33 Chapter 1: Why Freedom Matters 12:28 Chapter 2: India Before Independence 21:43 Chapter 3: India Between 1947 and 1962 35:55 Chapter 4: 1962-1977: A Terrifying Cautionary Tale 44:56 Chapter 5: India: 1977 Onwards 1:11:09 Chapter 6: Amit's Recco USEFUL RESOURCES: 1. Amit on Twitter: twitter.com/amitvarma 2. Ajay on Twitter: twitter.com/ajay_shah 3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: seenunseen.in/ (Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here: youtube.com/@TheSeenAndTheUnseen/videos) 4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube: youtube.com/@xkdr 5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3 6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: indiauncut.com/clear-writing/ 7. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms -- Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah):    • Ep 237: The Importance of the 1991 Re...   8. The 1991 Project: www.the1991project.com/ 9. The quest for economic freedom in India — Shruti Rajagopalan: the1991project.com/essays/quest-economic-freedom-i… 10. Angus Maddison: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Maddison 11. The Double 'Thank You' Moment -- John Stossel: abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3231572 12. The End of History? — Francis Fukuyama: www.jstor.org/stable/24027184 13. How Laissez-Faire Made Sweden Rich -- Johan Norberg: www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/how-lai… 14. The Suez Canal: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal 15. The Economic Legacies of Colonial Rule in India -- Tirthankar Roy: www.jstor.org/stable/24481887 16. Passports Were a “Temporary” War Measure -- Speranta Dumitru: fee.org/articles/passports-were-a-temporary-war-me… 17. Half-Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India -- Vinay Sitapati: amzn.eu/d/6ty6akT 18. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi -- Vinay Sitapati: amzn.eu/d/cu20DJZ 19. India in the Persianate Age -- Richard Eaton: amzn.eu/d/c5kXTB0 20. Planners vs. Searchers in Foreign Aid — William Easterly: tinyurl.com/2ndwke58 21. Newton the Alchemist. Gandhi the Black Swan -- Episode 7 of Everything is Everything:    • Newton the Alchemist. Gandhi the Blac...   22. Pandit’s Mind — The 1951 Time magazine cover story on Jawaharlal Nehru: content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,8… 23. India’s Greatest Civil Servant — Episode 167 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Narayani Basu, on VP Menon):    • Ep 167: India's Greatest Civil Servant   24. India’s Founding Moment -- Madhav Khosla: amzn.eu/d/7Ydtj6w 25. The Clash of Economic Ideas — Lawrence H White: amzn.eu/d/79mrRhH 26. The Life and Times of Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 285: The Life and Times of Montek ...   27. Manmohan Singh's PhD thesis (1962): ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.671485 28. Arun Shourie on Amazon: www.amazon.in/Arun-Shourie/e/B001JOLHOY?ref=sr_ntt… 29. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati):    • Ep 283: The Forgotten Greatness of PV...   30. The Art and Science of Economic Policy — Ep 154 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah):    • Ep 154: The Art and Science of Econom...   31. The Lost Decade -- Puja Mehra: amzn.eu/d/eaHbU0q 32. India’s Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra):    • Ep. 116: India's Lost Decade   33. Sixteen Stormy Days — Tripurdaman Singh: amzn.eu/d/6O6ariy 34. The First Assault on Our Constitution — Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh):    • Ep 194: The First Assault on Our Cons...   35. Nehru: The Debates that Defined India — Tripurdaman Singh & Adeel Hussain: amzn.eu/d/hfuOGIw 36. Nehru’s Debates — Episode 262 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain):    • Ep 262: Nehru's Debates   Produced and edited by Vartika Singh: youtube.com/@vartikasingh7. Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with the sound: www.instagram.com/gaurav_chintamani/ Chapter images by Simahina: twitter.com/i_am_simahina