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The Learning Curve
The Learning Curve

India Unbound: Gurcharan Das on the Rise of India

This week on The Learning Curve, Cara and Gerard interview Gurcharan Das, author, public intellectual, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India. Mr. Das gives a short history of the rise of India since independence in 1947 to become a thriving, incredibly diverse nation of 1.4 billion people—the world's largest free-market democracy. He explains how the economic reforms of 1991 removed the restraints of a centralized, bureaucratic state, helping drive the economic dynamism of an IT and knowledge economy that has helped 415 million people escape poverty over the last 20 years. India's remarkable story, Mr. Das notes, is showing the world an alternative to the Chinese model of autocratic, centralized control. Stories of the Week Cara cited an article in The Guardian, "Quarter of a million children enter secondary school without basic maths and English," that illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to learning losses in the U.K., underscoring the need for parental involvement and an emphasis on proven practices to address learning deficits.
Hosts:
Cara CandalGerard Robinson
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Pioneer Institute