Matthew McCartney is Director of the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and Associate Professor in the Political Economy and Human Development of India at the University of Oxford. His books include Economic Growth and Development: A Comparative Introduction (2015); Pakistan: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2008 (2011); and India: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2007 (2009).

• 1. Introducing the Indian economy: culture, geography and colonialism2. The Indian economic story since 1947: growth and stagnation3. Measuring the Indian economy4. The form of the Indian economy5. Human factors in the Indian economy6. Making the Indian economy uniqueConclusion: prospects for the Indian economy

Matthew McCartney is Director of the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and Associate Professor in the Political Economy and Human Development of India at the University of Oxford. His books include Economic Growth and Development: A Comparative Introduction (2015); Pakistan: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2008 (2011); and India: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2007 (2009).

• 1. Introducing the Indian economy: culture, geography and colonialism2. The Indian economic story since 1947: growth and stagnation3. Measuring the Indian economy4. The form of the Indian economy5. Human factors in the Indian economy6. Making the Indian economy uniqueConclusion: prospects for the Indian economy

Matthew McCartney is Director of the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and Associate Professor in the Political Economy and Human Development of India at the University of Oxford. His books include Economic Growth and Development: A Comparative Introduction (2015); Pakistan: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2008 (2011); and India: The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2007 (2009).

• 1. Introducing the Indian economy: culture, geography and colonialism2. The Indian economic story since 1947: growth and stagnation3. Measuring the Indian economy4. The form of the Indian economy5. Human factors in the Indian economy6. Making the Indian economy uniqueConclusion: prospects for the Indian economy