Bishnupriya Gupta's Research on India's Economic Stagnation under British Rule and Post-Independence Growth
The research of economist and historian Bishnupriya Gupta analyzes India's economic performance, focusing on the stagnation and decline in living standards before independence in 1947, as well as the accelerated prosperity that followed. A video presentation by Gupta explains this long period of economic decline during British rule and analyzes the reasons for the accelerated economic growth after independence. A key part of her wider research is a 2015 study with S. Broadberry and J. Custodis, which provides GDP per capita comparisons between India and Britain from 1600 to 1871, offering evidence for the Great Divergence.
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