India has the world's largest population, but can it be the next global economic superpower? Or will extreme poverty, inequality, unemployment, and lack of industrialization and manufacturing capacities hold it back? Why is the Western media so eager to portray India as a pro-Western alternative to China? Ben Norton is joined by economic historian Jyotishman Mudiar to explore these questions and more.

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Topics

0:00 Intro

4:32 Is India the next economic superpower?

12:37 Technology

16:39 Geopolitics

20:27 Indian stock market

22:37 Quality of life

34:21 Billionaire oligarchs like Adani & Ambani

42:09 China controls its billionaires

44:42 China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs)

46:22 Manufacturing in India vs China

49:24 Privatization in India

54:37 India's manufacturing stagnation

56:58 Can services replace manufacturing?

1:08:02 India's dependence on US Big Tech

1:18:43 AI, automation, & population growth

1:29:50 Agriculture in India

1:43:09 Outro