Angus Maddison
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The ubiquity of the rentier state
Disputing an article that says the Mughals made India rich, the author argues that Maddison’s data may be wrong and the Mughal state was highly extractive, since most pre-modern societies…
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No, Mughals didn’t loot India. They made us rich
A quoted article, ‘No, Mughals didn’t loot India’, uses Angus Maddison’s figures to argue India’s economy grew under the Mughals and was the world’s largest until Britain’s rule, which the…
