Growth
under capitalism is associated with an increase in absolute
poverty and the Indian experience bears this out. The
period of neoliberalism in India witnessed rapid capital
accumulation and hence rapid growth in GDP and yet this
very era saw an increase in absolute poverty.
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This article was originally published in People's
Democracy on October
11, 2020.
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