Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, May 22, 2014

This week we put Narendra Modi, India's new prime minister, on the cover. His victory has huge significance. The country has long disappointed. Thirty years ago, its GDP per person was the same as China's; today it is less than a quarter the size. But now, for the first time ever, it has a strong government with sensible economic policies—and thus its best chance for prosperity since independence John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief

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