Data v/s Democracy | Nope w/ Kunal Kamra ft Atul Sood | 072

Atul Sood is an economist and Professor at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). His work focuses on political economy, development, inequality, labour markets, and the changing nature of capitalism in India. He has written extensively on economic policy, globalization, and the social consequences of development models. In this conversation, Atul Sood examines how a new “common sense” around the economy is being constructed in India through policy discourse, media narratives, and institutional framing. He discusses issues such as welfare policies, global indices, labour markets, and textbook changes, arguing that many economic debates are shaped in ways that preserve the status quo while limiting critical public discussion.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Opening
0:27 A New India and the Making of a New “Common Sense”
1:06 Governments, Development, and Maintaining the Status Quo
2:42 An Uncritical Society: How Economic Thinking Is Shaped
3:19 Changing School Textbooks and the New Economic Narrative
4:53 The Cotton Farmer Story: Understanding Exploitation and Value Chains
6:09 How New Textbooks Remove Discussions of Inequality
7:33 Redefining Social Justice in the “New India” Narrative
8:14 Free Ration Debate: 800 Million People and the Idea of Hard Work
10:17 Entrepreneurship vs Structural Poverty
10:49 Supreme Court’s View: Taxpayers vs Welfare Rights
13:14 Malnutrition, Anemia, and the Contradictions in Policy Thinking
15:23 Market Faith: The Belief That Growth Will Solve Everything
17:01 How Everyday “Common Sense” Shapes Public Opinion
19:17 Global Indices and India’s Image Problem
20:06 Lobbying, Discrediting, or Creating New Indices
23:31 Hunger Index Debate and Statistical Narratives
27:33 India’s Multidimensional Poverty Index and Redefining Poverty
30:30 Democracy Index and Changing Public Perception
35:01 Labor Markets, Migration, and Workers Seeking Jobs Abroad
42:01 Informal Work, Skill Narratives, and Job Insecurity
49:54 Welfare Policies: From Rights-Based to Paternalistic Frameworks
53:10 “The Economy Is Doing Fine, People Are Not”: The New Common Sense
Credits:
• Research Head: Anirban Bhattacharya
• Camera Operator / Mixing and Mastering / Intro Music — @Mahansangeet: https://www.instagram.com/hi_mahan/
• Camera Operator / Video Editor / Intro Animation — @RevantTalekar: https://www.instagram.com/revanttalekar
• Camera Operator / Guest Logistics Coordinator — @VybhavSharma: https://www.instagram.com/vybhavsharma/
• Production Assistant — Haran Shetty

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