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#183 Planet Money: India's Economy Is Booming, But Not For Everybody

#183 Planet Money: India's Economy Is Booming, But Not For Everybody

Planet Money vor 16 Jahren

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In India, there are a handful of billionaires, and 400 million people without electricity.

On today's Planet Money, we ask the question: With India's economy growing at 8 percent per year, why are so many people there still so poor?

We hear from economists, and from Umrao Singh, a 75-year-old cobbler who lives on the street in Delhi.