Today the roles are reversed. Producer Dallas Floer interviews Shruti for the annual end of year episode where they look back at key themes and episodes from the past year, address listener questions, discuss the job market series, and share some questions from previous guests.

On behalf of Shruti and the entire Ideas of India team, thank you for listening to the podcast this year. We’re excited to bring you more episodes in 2025.

Recorded November 26th, 2024.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:01:23) - Listener Questions

(00:02:27) - Essential readings on the Indian economy

(00:04:19) - The economy of eastern India from 1970 to today

(00:06:18) - Achieving a “Developed India”

(00:09:20) - Alternate paths for economic students

(00:014:56) - Suggested dissertation topics for PhD students

(00:18:57) - Revising stances on COVID shutdowns

(00:24:42) - Problematic TV news programs in India

(00:27:57) - Predicting the economic impact of AI

(00:30:11) - The South Korean chaebol model

(00:38:24) - Karthik Muralidharan: reimagining state capacity

(00:41:02) - Aparna Chandra: institutional checks on judicial bias

(00:44:03) - Arjun Ramani and Thomas Easton: critical reforms to maintain growth

(00:47:29) - Ruchir Sharma: the state of American capitalism

(00:51:00) - The Job Market Series

(00:54:01) - Questions from Past Guests

(00:56:59) - Shifting stances on schooling and drugs

(01:02:11) - Law and economics

(01:05:36) - “Home” when living in many cultures

(01:09:44) - Next up for The 1991 Project

(01:11:31) - Personal goals for 2025

(01:16:26) - Thanks and Good Wishes

(01:18:29) - Outro