SUMMARY - The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age By James Crabtree

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. As you read this summary, you will discover how India's new billionaires have established themselves as leaders, transforming their country's economic and political world. You will also discover that : india is developing unevenly; there are growing disparities between individuals; the poorest suffer from the confrontation between politicians and billionaires; the Indian nation is mired in corruption; the super-rich are investing and defrauding at all levels in order to make as much money as possible. In 1947, the United Kingdom granted independence to India thanks to the perseverance of the wise Gandhi and his disciple Nehru. The latter took power and wanted a progressive industrialization of the nation, in the image of the emerging globalization. Gandhi, for his part, tried to warn his country against the dangers of this globalization: he wanted it to build itself and form its own identity. Unfortunately, the Mahatma was assassinated in 1948 and with him, the hope of a unified country. How did India, this country of extreme poverty, become the greatest unequal power in the world?