Bayly, Christopher Alan - 2008
than from a
demographic one. The areas that were richest circa 1500 (e.g., the Mughal Empire, China,
the Aztec Empire … ‘India shining’ and comparisons with China, India’s GDP remains
modest, about the same level as Russia’s and considerably … less than China’s (though the
latter is probably overestimated). Yet India’s growth rate has speeded up dramatically
over …