Publication Date: 2018-07-09
James Crabtree discusses his book The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age. Crabtree relays a personal journey through India’s elite to meet billionaires, tycoons, and political power brokers. Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste. This segment is guest hosted by Arun Venugopal. 
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