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A workshop on how countries develop, and why some get stuck.
Take India. Most explanations stop at description: "license raj", "too much democracy", "wrong priorities". These are labels, not explanations. This workshop teaches you the logic underneath the labels—why inefficient institutions emerge, why they persist even when everyone can see the costs, and why reform so often fails.
The questions we tackle
Public policy is often constrained by organized interest groups. When one group receives concentrated benefits while the public bears diffuse costs, that group can keep inefficient rules in place. Using examples from a wide range of policy domains—trade, electricity, pensions, among others—you'll see how concentrated groups can sustain inefficient rules, why reforms often stall, and why even well-intentioned governments face hard constraints.
Public policy is often constrained by organized interest groups. When one group receives concentrated benefits while the public bears diffuse costs, that group can keep inefficient rules in place. Using examples from a wide range of policy domains—trade, electricity, pensions, among others—you'll see how concentrated groups can sustain inefficient rules, why reforms often stall, and why even well-intentioned governments face hard constraints.
The integrated approach
People who care about development often have to piece together books, podcasts, and policy reports on their own. This workshop starts with “What went wrong with India's development strategy?”, develops the economic and political tools needed to answer it, and then applies them to India's jobs crisis and Taiwan's contrasting path.
What participants say
"I came away thinking less about 'what policies should we adopt?' and more about why the status quo exists and whose interests keep it in place."
"The overarching thesis and the way the modules fit together were extremely useful. It helped me connect many things I'd read before into one coherent story."
"Just looking at the comparison with Taiwan was eye-opening. Seeing what India could've been was enough to inspire."
Who this is for
This workshop is for you if:
This workshop takes its time with evidence, competing explanations, and detailed arguments. It is a good fit if you want to understand how policies emerge and persist rather than collect quick policy recipes.
You do not need formal economics training. The lectures build the necessary tools from first principles.
₹5,000 + taxes
One-time payment
If you've read this far, you're probably exactly who this workshop is built for.
Political Economy of Development gives you the tools to understand India's economic story—and development more broadly—with the depth and precision that serious questions deserve.