Ep 410: Shruti Rajagopalan Remembers the Angle of the Light
Update: 2025-02-02
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She's an economist, an institution-builder, an ecosystem-nurturer and one of our finest thinkers. Shruti Rajagopalan joins Amit Varma in episode 410 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about her life & times -- and her remarkable work.
(FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
Also check out:
1. Shruti Rajagopalan on Twitter, Substack, Instagram, her podcast, Ideas of India and her own website.
2. Emergent Ventures India.
3. The 1991 Project.
4. Life Lessons That Are Priceless -- Episodes 400 of The Seen and the Unseen.
5. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Shruti Rajagopalan, in reverse chronological order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
6. The Day Ryan Started Masturbating -- Amit Varma's newsletter post explaining Shruti Rajagopalan's swimming pool analogy for social science research.
7. A Deep Dive Into Education -- Episode 54 of Everything is Everything.
8. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
9. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit Varma.
10. Our Population Is Our Greatest Asset -- Episode 20 of Everything is Everything.
11. Where Has All the Education Gone? -- Lant Pritchett.
12. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen.
13. The Theory of Moral Sentiments — Adam Smith.
14. The Wealth of Nations — Adam Smith.
15. Commanding Heights -- Daniel Yergin.
16. Capitalism and Freedom -- Milton Friedman.
17. Free to Choose -- Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman.
18. Economics in One Lesson -- Henry Hazlitt.
19. The Road to Serfdom -- Friedrich Hayek.
20. Four Papers That Changed the World -- Episode 41 of Everything is Everything.
21. The Use of Knowledge in Society -- Friedrich Hayek.
22. Individualism and Economic Order -- Friedrich Hayek.
23. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything.
24. Richard E Wagner at Mercatus and Amazon.
25. Larry White and the First Principles of Money -- Episode 397 of The Seen and the Unseen.
26. Fixing the Knowledge Society -- Episode 24 of Everything is Everything.
27. Marginal Revolution.
28. Paul Graham's essays.
29. Commands and controls: Planning for indian industrial development, 1951–1990 -- Rakesh Mohan and Vandana Aggarwal.
30. The Reformers -- Episode 28 of Everything is Everything.
31. India: Planning for Industrialization -- Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai.
32. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration -- Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith.
33. Cows on India Uncut.
34. Abdul Karim Khan on Spotify and YouTube.
35. The Surface Area of Serendipity -- Episode 39 of Everything is Everything.
36. Objects From Our Past -- Episode 77 of Everything is Everything.
37. Sriya Iy
(FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
Also check out:
1. Shruti Rajagopalan on Twitter, Substack, Instagram, her podcast, Ideas of India and her own website.
2. Emergent Ventures India.
3. The 1991 Project.
4. Life Lessons That Are Priceless -- Episodes 400 of The Seen and the Unseen.
5. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Shruti Rajagopalan, in reverse chronological order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
6. The Day Ryan Started Masturbating -- Amit Varma's newsletter post explaining Shruti Rajagopalan's swimming pool analogy for social science research.
7. A Deep Dive Into Education -- Episode 54 of Everything is Everything.
8. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
9. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit Varma.
10. Our Population Is Our Greatest Asset -- Episode 20 of Everything is Everything.
11. Where Has All the Education Gone? -- Lant Pritchett.
12. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen.
13. The Theory of Moral Sentiments — Adam Smith.
14. The Wealth of Nations — Adam Smith.
15. Commanding Heights -- Daniel Yergin.
16. Capitalism and Freedom -- Milton Friedman.
17. Free to Choose -- Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman.
18. Economics in One Lesson -- Henry Hazlitt.
19. The Road to Serfdom -- Friedrich Hayek.
20. Four Papers That Changed the World -- Episode 41 of Everything is Everything.
21. The Use of Knowledge in Society -- Friedrich Hayek.
22. Individualism and Economic Order -- Friedrich Hayek.
23. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything.
24. Richard E Wagner at Mercatus and Amazon.
25. Larry White and the First Principles of Money -- Episode 397 of The Seen and the Unseen.
26. Fixing the Knowledge Society -- Episode 24 of Everything is Everything.
27. Marginal Revolution.
28. Paul Graham's essays.
29. Commands and controls: Planning for indian industrial development, 1951–1990 -- Rakesh Mohan and Vandana Aggarwal.
30. The Reformers -- Episode 28 of Everything is Everything.
31. India: Planning for Industrialization -- Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai.
32. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration -- Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith.
33. Cows on India Uncut.
34. Abdul Karim Khan on Spotify and YouTube.
35. The Surface Area of Serendipity -- Episode 39 of Everything is Everything.
36. Objects From Our Past -- Episode 77 of Everything is Everything.
37. Sriya Iy
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