In this podcast, Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Avinash Dixit (John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics Emeritus, Princeton University) on launching a manufacturing boom in India; whether democracy is a handicap for India; tackling corruption through civil society movements led by realists; addressing the backlash by those who have lost out on account of international trade; investing resources to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change; bottom-up approach to improving the state of higher education in India; and identity-based appeal for votes.