Listen to the podcast (above), where Dr Sanjay G Reddy of the New School for Social Research, introduces the Global Income and Consumption Project to analyse:

• How rapidly is the relative and absolute position of emerging countries in the world economy changing and what impact is it having?
• What is India’s role compared to other fast-growing and sizable countries, especially China?
• What do these patterns suggest about the possible role in the future about these countries, including India?