{"product_id":"the-billionaire-raj-1","title":"The Billionaire Raj","description":"\u003cp\u003eA colourful and revealing portrait of the rise of Indias new billionaire class in a radically unequal societyShortlisted for the Financial Times \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardEnlightening and engaging AMARTYA SENBound to become a classic JAGDISH BHAGWATIAn essential guide if you want to understand modern India EDWARD LUCE[A] timely, fascinating and eye-opening book . . . wonderfully witty and beautifully written WILLIAM DALRYMPLECompelling . . . vivid . . . James Crabtree has given us the most comprehensive and eminently readable tour of economic India. FINANCIAL TIMESA colourful and revealing portrait of the rise of Indias new billionaire class in a radically unequal societyIndia is the worlds largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than Chinas. But the rewards of this growth have been far from evenly shared, and the countrys top 1 per cent now owns nearly 60 per cent of its wealth. In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population lives in slums, the extraordinary riches of Indias new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of yesteryear, funnelling profits from huge conglomerates into lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. The Billionaire Raj takes readers on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons and shadowy political power brokers. From the sky terrace of the worlds most expensive home to impoverished villages and mass political rallies, James Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class and caste. The Billionaire Raj is a vivid account of a divided society on the cusp of transformation and a struggle that will shape not just Indias future, but the worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49114276102361,"sku":"BK0544186","price":629.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/81mRdMRreeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1787200945","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/the-billionaire-raj-1","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}