The Daily Digest : 22-02-2023
Some posts I recently read and recommend
Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
By Dylan Sullivan & Jason Hickel
In this much-debated World Development paper, Sullivan and Hickel argue that the British colonial policies in India killed more than 100 million people which is more than the people killed in all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China, and North Korea combined.
This is an Al Jazeera article summarising their claims.
Colonialism did not cause the Indian famines
By Tirthankar Roy
In January this year, Tirthankar Roy responded to the article written by Sullivan and Hickel and argued that colonialism did not cause the Indian famines.
Colonialism and the Indian famines: A response to Tirthankar Roy
By Tamoghna Halder
Scholar Tamoghna Halder, in this insightful piece, has deployed great intellectual arguments that puncture holes in Roy’s arguments. Read this article for its erudition.