MRUniversity launched its country-specific lessons by starting with India. In nearly 50 videos we cover key aspects of India’s history, economics, politics and culture from the viewpoint of development economics.
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In these lessons on India, we cover:
- India’s history of economic growth, including the British influence
- The impact of the East India Company on the development of India
- Whether land reform has really helped India
- What happened to poverty when the country moved to freer trade?
- The Indian history of labor market regulation
- The struggles of the agricultural sector in India
- Significant contributions of Indian economists
- And finally, the economics of Bollywood
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India's Early Growth History
Land Taxation in Early India
Education in Colonial India
Gandhi and the Salt March
India Since Independence
India's Growth Inflection
Trade and Poverty in India
Green Revolution
Food Crises and India's Media
Foreign Investment in India
Labor Market Regulation
India's Macroeconomic Stability
India's Air and Water Pollution
Corruption in Driver's Licenses
The Kerala Paradox
Testing for Cream Skimming in India
Indian Business Profiles
Frugal Innovation for the Heart
Female Leadership in India
The Economics of Bollywood
Amartya Sen #2
Partha Dasgupta
East India Company
The Deindustrialization of India
Railroads and Colonial India
Did British Rule Help India?
India's Toughest Economic Times
India's Reforms of the 1990s
Agriculture in India
Land Reform in India
Power Generation in India
Competition from Foreign Retailers
Bankruptcy Law in India
Castes and Groundwater Trade
Mobility in the Caste System
Lentils as Incentives
The Rise of Private Education in India
Edward Luce on India
Service Sector Growth
The Value of English
Cable TV and Women
Amartya Sen #1
Amartya Sen #3
Jagdish N. Bhagwati