THE BILLIONAIRE RAJ: A JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA’S NEW GILDED AGE (ORIGINAL TITLE: INDIA’S GILDED AGE)

Book ID/图书代码： 04300016B92100

English Summary/英文概要： This book tells the story of the liberalization of the world’s largest democracy, as it approaches the twenty-fifth anniversary of the moment in 1991 when it was forced to open its insular socialist economy. That economy has since taken off and created vast wealth. But there has also been profound social dislocation. INDIA’S GILDED AGE will describe in vibrant detail these boom years.
The book argues that like America before it, India is mid-way through a battle to define how its society and economy will develop, and the kind of great power it will eventually become. The Asian century is a race between two sharply contrasting experiments in modernization, as its twin giants — China and India — pursue radically different development paths, from different starting points and with fundamentally different political systems.
The central question facing India is this: can its expanding middle class take control of its politics, to create a cleaner, fairer political system and turn the world’s largest democracy into the world’s largest and most important liberal economy as well? Or will the violent forces of corruption and social division deform India’s democracy with cronyism and inequality, turning the country into another version of Russia.
INDIA’S GILDED AGE presents vivid descriptions of the people at the heart of this battle and presents an unforgettable portrait of India’s ‘Bollygarchs’, its new billionaire class. It promises to be for India what Evan Osnos’s Age of Ambition was for China: a guide to a new world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书讲述了世界上最大的民主国家自由化的历程，1991年，该国被迫开放其孤立的社会主义经济，自那以后，该国经济腾飞，并创造了巨大的财富；但也存在严重的社会混乱。《印度镀金时代》将通过生动的细节描述了这段繁荣岁月。

该书认为，就像之前的美国一样，印度正在经历一场斗争，以确定其社会和经济将如何发展，以及其最终将成为什么样的大国。亚洲的两个大国——中国和印度——从不同的起点、从根本上不同的政治制度，追求截然不同的发展道路。

印度面临的核心问题是：不断扩大的中产阶级能否控制其政治，建立一个更廉洁、更公平的政治体系，并将世界上最大的民主国家转变为世界上最大的自由经济体？或者，腐败和暴力势力是否会颠覆印度的民主，将这个国家变成另一个俄罗斯？

《印度镀金时代》生动地描述了这场战争的核心人物，刻画了令人难忘的印度亿万富翁阶层。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“James Crabtree对新印度的描述清晰、详细，有时甚至是史诗般的，让我们看到了近年来在印度社会背后悄然发生的经济和社会变革。对印度政治和经济命运感兴趣的读者肯定会喜欢这本书。”——Robert D. Kaplan

“James Crabtree是英国《金融时报》最具洞察力的印度记者。在本书中，他对印度自1991年改革以来的惊人增长所引发的问题进行了精彩的概述。这本书一定会成为经典。”——Jagdish Bhagwati

“本书深入探讨了印度商界精英们的世界及其政治纠葛。作者James Crabtree巧妙地探索了在巨额资金和民主问责制之间不断变化的平衡，这个国家是否能够维持印度民主的奇迹，还是会走上民粹主义和专制主义的道路，针对这个问题作者提出了自己的见解。”——Dani Rodrik

“James Crabtree has written a lucid, detailed, and at times epic account of the new India, opening our eyes to the economic and social transformation that has quietly occurred there in recent years, behind the facade of the headlines. A must read for all those interested in the political and economic destiny of the subcontinent.” —Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World

“James Crabtree, once a hugely-admired star foreign correspondent, has transformed himself into a brilliant writer and analyst of the Indian super rich. This timely, fascinating and eye-opening book is also—a rarity for a book about money—wonderfully witty and beautifully written.” —William Dalrymple, author of The Last Mughal

“James Crabtree distinguished himself as the most insightful journalist writing for the Financial Times from India. It is not surprising therefore that he has now written a book that offers a splendid overview of the issues that have been raised concerning India’s spectacular growth since the reforms began in 1991. It is bound to become a classic.” —Jagdish Bhagwati, co-author of Why Growth Matters

“Who are the Indian nouveau riche and what do they want? James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj will prove the defining work on these questions. It is a must-read for anyone interested in wealth, inequality, India, or the evolution of capitalism.” —Tyler Cowen, author of The Complacent Class

“A fascinating look into the world of the Indian business elite—the ‘Bollygarchs’—and their political entanglements. James Crabtree deftly explores the changing balance between big money and democratic accountability, shedding considerable light on whether the country will sustain the miracle that is the Indian democracy or go the way of populism and authoritarianism, as so many others have.” —Dani Rodrik, author of Straight Talk on Trade

About the Author/作者介绍： James Crabtree是英国《金融时报》驻孟买办事处负责人。2016年，他在新加坡的李光耀公共政策学院担任高级访问研究员。

James Crabtree is the FT’s Mumbai bureau chief. In 2016, he will take up a sabbatical as a senior visiting fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

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