Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry

How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India

(Author) Jason Jackson
Format: Hardcover
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Foreign capital can catalyze economic growth in developing countries but can also be a vehicle for extraction. Jason Jackson shows how Indian officials have navigated this terrain, developing moral discourses and economic policies that favor firms—both foreign and domestic—seen as investing in industrial transformation and societal modernization.

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Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
364
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780674293762
Publish year:
2025
Publish date:
Nov. 18, 2025

Jason Jackson

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