Thursday, August 14, 2014

Is crony capitalism the next target of Raghuram Rajan?

..........The truth is that we are years away from knowing if Modi is the moderniser he claims. Rajan, though, can play a key role in keeping the prime minister on the right track. The central bank governor is proving himself to be an adept politician; on Monday he was careful to praise Modi’s plan to create bank accounts for the poor -- into which aid cash can be transferred -- even while implicitly criticising the government’s decision to kill the WTO deal. If Rajan can make a dent in the billionaire problem he’s long lamented, he may just make India -- and the world -- a more vibrant place.

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