Abhijit Banerjee was at the Kerala Literature Festival held in Kozhikode from January 22-25.

Abhijit Banerjee was at the Kerala Literature Festival held in Kozhikode from January 22-25. Banerjee spoke candidly about what India’s economic debates often miss and his recent move from the United States to Europe. India has very complicated elections. The opposition miserably fails to unite, and that failure isn’t entirely accidental. The obsession with growth rates means almost nothing. I’m too old to do something entirely different, and I have no plans to reinvent myself. The bigger problem is that the opposition doesn’t understand how its own bread is buttered.