In part two of a wide-ranging conversation, Sanjeev Sanyal, economist, historian, and writer explains why the government must not push too hard for growth when the global economy is in the doldrums
Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, wears many hats: He’s a leading economist, a historian, a writer, an environmentalist, and an urban theorist. Over the past decade, he has written five editions of the Economic Survey, nine books, and more than 200 published articles. “I’m deeply involved in the management of the economy but since I do not see the world in silos, I do not think many of these things are separate from each other. To understand the economy and how it evolves you need to understand how it interacts with everything, including its past. You need to understand geostrategic issues. I’m very interested in technology too,” he says in an exclusive interview on Forbes India Pathbreakers. Edited excerpts: