'The Growth Delusion' book review: A pointless tirade against GDP

It is hard to recall the last time someone referred to India as the world most "beautiful" major economy just because it is the world's fastest-growing one

The Growth Delusion

David Pilling

Bloombury

338 pages; Rs 499

If you have ever studied economics then this is a remarkably frustrating book to read. By the same logic, it would be, I am guessing, a remarkably cathartic book to read for those who have never come within one arm’s distance of an economics text. This is a surprising result since the author, David Pilling, is a well-regarded journalist working at the Financial Times and the book carries praise from some highly regarded economists such as Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton. But, if you didn’t know Mr Pilling, then a couple of pages into