Ideas of India

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Sajith Pai on India's Digital Divides

• April 10, 2025

Pai and Rajagopalan explore the stratification of Indian consumer markets

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Jasti Chelameswar on Constitutional Interpretation and Judicial Independence

• March 27, 2025

Chelameswar and Rajagopalan discuss electoral law, privacy rights, and the role of dissent in shaping India's legal landscape

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Akshay Jaitly on India's Energy Sector Challenges, Reforms, and Future Pathways

• March 13, 2025

Jaitly and Rajagopalan navigate the tangled web of DISCOMs, renewable energy, and nuclear power in India

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Christopher Coyne on War, Conflict, and the Quest for a Stable Peace

• February 27, 2025

Coyne and Rajagopalan discuss the economics of conflict and peace and the history of the U.S. security state

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Katherine Schofield on The Hidden History of Music in Mughal India

• February 13, 2025

Schofield and Rajagopalan discuss the untold stories of musicians, courtesans, and cultural innovators who shaped North Indian classical music

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Anton Howes on Trade, Innovation, and the Forgotten History of Salt

• January 30, 2025

Howes and Rajagopalan discuss how innovation spreads, stagnates, and sometimes disappears

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Anant Sudarshan on Market Solutions to Air Pollution, Energy Policy, and Ecological Disruption

• January 16, 2025

Sudarshan and Rajagopalan explore the economics of air pollution, power distribution, pollution markets, groundwater depletion and keystone species loss

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2024 in Review

• December 26, 2024

Floer and Rajagopalan look back at key themes and episodes from the past year, address your listener questions, discuss our job market series, and share some questions from previous guests

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Pravin Krishna on the Political Economy of Multilateral and Preferential Trade Agreements, Trade Liberalization, and the Future of Global Trade

• December 5, 2024

Krishna and Rajagopalan examine trade agreements, tariffs, and economic growth

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Deepti Sharma on Survey Methods and the Hidden Biases in Economic Data

• November 21, 2024

Sharma and Rajagopalan examine why household surveys often get work patterns wrong