It is a humanitarian and moral failure that 73 years after Independence, our education system remains broken. We have failed our children through all this time. Karthik Muralidharan joins Amit Varma in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights from years of research on the ground. We can fix this. Is the NEP part of the solution?   Also check out: 1. Karthik Muralidharan's bio at UCSD. 2. Walking the Talk -- Inga Kiderra's profile of Karthik Muralidharan. 3. Reforming the Indian School Education System -- Karthik Muralidharan's chapter from What the Economy Needs Now. 4. The State and the Market in Education Provision -- Karthik Muralidharan. 5. Karthik Muralidharan interview by Pranav Kothari for EI Dialogues. 6. Charting a Course for the Indian Economy -- Karthik Muralidharan in conversation with Arvind Subramanian. 7. Karthik Muralidharan's archived research and articles.  8. Education in India -- Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 9. The Profit Motive in Education -- Episode 9 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parth Shah). 10. The Right to Education Act -- Episode 19 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 11. Our Unlucky Children (2008) -- Amit Varma. 12. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) -- Amit Varma. 13. A Prize for Evidence-Based Policy -- Karthik Muralidharan. 14. Why Abhijit Banerjee Had to Go Abroad to Achieve Glory -- Amit Varma. 15. Poverty and Famines -- Amartya Sen. 16. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 17. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 18. A Theory of Justice -- John Rawls. 19. Anarchy, State and Utopia -- Robert Nozick. 20. Arguments for Liberty -- Aaron Ross Powell and Grant Babcock. 21. Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists-- Raghuram Rajan. 22. Out-Arnabing Arnab -- Episode 8 of Econ Central. 23. Parkinson's Law -- Cyril Northkote Parkinson. 24. Myths of Official Measurement -- Abhijeet Singh. 25. Centrally Sponsored Government Schemes -- Episode 17 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane). 26. The Aggregate Effect of School Choice -- Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman. 27. The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review -- Geeta G Kingdon. 28. Extending access to low-cost private schools through vouchers: an alternative interpretation -- James Tooley.  Also, do check out Amit's writing course, The Art of Clear Writing.

It is a humanitarian and moral failure that 73 years after Independence, our education system remains broken. We have failed our children through all this time. Karthik Muralidharan joins Amit Varma in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights from years of research on the ground. We can fix this. Is the NEP part of the solution?   Also check out: 1. <a href="https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/pdfs/karthik_muralidharan_shortbio.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/pdfs/karthik_muralidharan_shortbio.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNFuIUIgmsv5ZJdR7PGUxxtx5Rys_g">Karthik Muralidharan's bio at UCSD</a>. 2. <a href="https://socialsciences.ucsd.edu/news/newsletter/econnection/fall2016-karthik-muralidharan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://socialsciences.ucsd.edu/news/newsletter/econnection/fall2016-karthik-muralidharan.html&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNGuNcxZYBqyEenrlQTS60S9zBb6vA">Walking the Talk</a> -- Inga Kiderra's profile of Karthik Muralidharan. 3. <a href="https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/papers/Published_Book_Chapters/Muralidharan%20-%20School%20Education%20Reforms%20in%20India%20(February%202019).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/papers/Published_Book_Chapters/Muralidharan%2520-%2520School%2520Education%2520Reforms%2520in%2520India%2520(February%25202019).pdf&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNHapDCPHbd6-drUg85JyO9A5NlVXA">Reforming the Indian School Education System</a> -- Karthik Muralidharan's chapter from <a href="https://www.amazon.in/What-Economy-Needs-Abhijit-Banerjee-ebook/dp/B07Z7YSZ3F/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=what+the+economy+needs+now&qid=1596924241&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/What-Economy-Needs-Abhijit-Banerjee-ebook/dp/B07Z7YSZ3F/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dwhat%2Bthe%2Beconomy%2Bneeds%2Bnow%26qid%3D1596924241%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNHap3FlUiX95dMXQUXKkog380xBiQ">What the Economy Needs Now</a>. 4. <a href="https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/papers/Working%20Papers/State_and_Market_in_Education%20(Current%20WP).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/papers/Working%2520Papers/State_and_Market_in_Education%2520(Current%2520WP).pdf&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNHjWG1T6vF9sbDXrOQtdOyMwV6Ulg">The State and the Market in Education Provision</a> -- Karthik Muralidharan. 5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYenkvqGwDY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DQYenkvqGwDY%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNFoM-1a6BULVWhDgmga8jW3PERVsw">Karthik Muralidharan interview by Pranav Kothari</a> for EI Dialogues. 6. <a href="https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/governance/charting-a-course-for-the-indian-economy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/governance/charting-a-course-for-the-indian-economy.html&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNE6gcw7BpAz20NI4gRUKHwCNUPc8g">Charting a Course for the Indian Economy</a> -- Karthik Muralidharan in conversation with Arvind Subramanian. 7. Karthik Muralidharan's archived <a href="https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/Research.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/Research.html&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNGV1qvWL3aYXu0AP4d3bNbCt_doVQ">research</a> and <a href="https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/Media.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/Media.html&source=gmail&ust=1597012708214000&usg=AFQjCNFhiz4HA_IkDCG_3uJHvp2gqTy93A">articles</a>. 8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/7/16/episode-77-education-in-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/7/16/episode-77-education-in-india/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFf5qjaNchRsVXh83hTT_mrIMovqg">Education in India</a> -- Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 9. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/13/episode-9-the-profit-motive-in-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/13/episode-9-the-profit-motive-in-education/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNHBVShn0kzmN2IXqmrv0iRRWOjmmw">The Profit Motive in Education</a> -- Episode 9 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Parth Shah). 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/5/22/episode-19-rte-the-right-to-education-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/5/22/episode-19-rte-the-right-to-education-act/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFnMjzch2iaq2uPZM_agwO_p7JdHQ">The Right to Education Act</a> -- Episode 19 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 11. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/our-unlucky-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/our-unlucky-children/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFDQ4rBsTguVJZ_Qh2lw_S6KdlGRg">Our Unlucky Children</a> (2008) -- Amit Varma. 12. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/fund-schooling-not-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/fund-schooling-not-schools/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNEH9_TiZQx5VIgOT-OgTNnu3fCd_Q">Fund Schooling, Not Schools</a> (2007) -- Amit Varma. 13. <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/abhijit-banerjee-economics-nobel-prize-2019-a-prize-for-evidence-based-policy-analysis/story-nBKoqL4AKIsoGjrjabRNSI.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/abhijit-banerjee-economics-nobel-prize-2019-a-prize-for-evidence-based-policy-analysis/story-nBKoqL4AKIsoGjrjabRNSI.html&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFFFTRDNcK-T4IHAur02ARC_89eQA">A Prize for Evidence-Based Policy</a> -- Karthik Muralidharan. 14. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/why-abhijit-banerjee-had-to-go-abroad-to-achieve-glory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/why-abhijit-banerjee-had-to-go-abroad-to-achieve-glory/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNH5-0E5hcdLkub_EVvpx3nhtGspHg">Why Abhijit Banerjee Had to Go Abroad to Achieve Glory</a> -- Amit Varma. 15. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Poverty-Famines-Essay-Entitlement-Deprivation-ebook/dp/B00JF7EEWO/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=amartya+sen&qid=1596925030&sr=8-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Poverty-Famines-Essay-Entitlement-Deprivation-ebook/dp/B00JF7EEWO/ref%3Dsr_1_7?keywords%3Damartya%2Bsen%26qid%3D1596925030%26sr%3D8-7&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNE-BCq5WMI0k75LFXOP9ALj_oM54g">Poverty and Famines</a> -- Amartya Sen. 16. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/indias-problem-is-poverty-not-inequality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/indias-problem-is-poverty-not-inequality/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGw3N-stiYeZDO6SzYcY6t8tOj0zQ">India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality</a> -- Amit Varma. 17. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Inequality-Harry-G-Frankfurt-ebook/dp/B00WAM14MO/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=harry+frankfurt&qid=1596925140&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Inequality-Harry-G-Frankfurt-ebook/dp/B00WAM14MO/ref%3Dsr_1_2?keywords%3Dharry%2Bfrankfurt%26qid%3D1596925140%26sr%3D8-2&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNEd85-SKkMbQ26rqjsYCAfCS9ZHKQ">On Inequality</a> -- Harry Frankfurt. 18. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Theory-Justice-Oxford-Paperbacks-301-ebook/dp/B003TXT09C/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=john+rawls&qid=1596925195&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Theory-Justice-Oxford-Paperbacks-301-ebook/dp/B003TXT09C/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Djohn%2Brawls%26qid%3D1596925195%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNESMWgt5xge_dLyD6EEyyfqP15NdQ">A Theory of Justice</a> -- John Rawls. 19. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Anarchy-State-Utopia-Robert-Nozick-ebook/dp/B06XCF7RY1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=nozick&qid=1596925217&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Anarchy-State-Utopia-Robert-Nozick-ebook/dp/B06XCF7RY1/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dnozick%26qid%3D1596925217%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNF5JlSjvLpnRvpG-Ny0HKMPLHDyUQ">Anarchy, State and Utopia</a> -- Robert Nozick. 20. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Arguments-Liberty-Aaron-Ross-Powell-ebook/dp/B01MZ55FWQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arguments+for+Liberty&qid=1596925296&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Arguments-Liberty-Aaron-Ross-Powell-ebook/dp/B01MZ55FWQ/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Darguments%2Bfor%2BLiberty%26qid%3D1596925296%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFv3D_d2zr2gaO5A8_BV3Az4RJndQ">Arguments for Liberty</a> -- Aaron Ross Powell and Grant Babcock. 21. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Saving-Capitalism-Capitalists-Raghuram-Rajan-ebook/dp/B00HN6OXVQ/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=raghuram+rajan&qid=1596925364&sr=8-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Saving-Capitalism-Capitalists-Raghuram-Rajan-ebook/dp/B00HN6OXVQ/ref%3Dsr_1_6?keywords%3Draghuram%2Brajan%26qid%3D1596925364%26sr%3D8-6&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGzVQsNAiEPsTRXxNZ34jnve6T1kw">Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists</a> -- Raghuram Rajan. 22. <a href="https://econcentral.in/episodes/2020/8/6/episode-8-out-arnabing-arnab/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econcentral.in/episodes/2020/8/6/episode-8-out-arnabing-arnab/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNFSlo9rt6Vy13YlNdFiwUqF3gz-Mw">Out-Arnabing Arnab</a> -- Episode 8 of Econ Central. 23. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Parkinsons-Law-Other-Studies-Administration-ebook/dp/B08CDDD2CC/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=parkinson%27s+law&qid=1596925535&sr=8-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Parkinsons-Law-Other-Studies-Administration-ebook/dp/B08CDDD2CC/ref%3Dsr_1_8?keywords%3Dparkinson%2527s%2Blaw%26qid%3D1596925535%26sr%3D8-8&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGjBeUmxUiMMBxqeCgbro7ykkrApg">Parkinson's Law</a> -- Cyril Northkote Parkinson. 24. <a href="https://riseprogramme.org/sites/default/files/publications/RISE_WP-042-Singh_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://riseprogramme.org/sites/default/files/publications/RISE_WP-042-Singh_0.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGBBE2IhcsRryXjROrm5F5USU88LQ">Myths of Official Measurement</a> -- Abhijeet Singh. 25. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/5/7/episode-17-centrally-sponsored-government-schemes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/5/7/episode-17-centrally-sponsored-government-schemes/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNHI80V7Ox2hGYPscjEi6ZdwnMumDg">Centrally Sponsored Government Schemes</a> -- Episode 17 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane). 26. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/130/3/1011/1931887" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/130/3/1011/1931887&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGPSxhibh0KejHRkgp4ZSrwqgmvww">The Aggregate Effect of School Choice</a> -- Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman. 27. <a href="https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/161235/1/dp10612.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/161235/1/dp10612.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNHvKKKlCoFyuD-uGFiZlF6I6d9lBg">The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review</a> -- Geeta G Kingdon. 28. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03054985.2016.1217689" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03054985.2016.1217689&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNHWH3F3nV_tFYG9WA8uUbXJwFJY5g">Extending access to low-cost private schools through vouchers: an alternative interpretation</a> -- James Tooley. Also, do check out Amit's writing course, <a href="https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/&source=gmail&ust=1597012708215000&usg=AFQjCNGgKDUJfEyzkxKRfDnMnZBzgCmAfw">The Art of Clear Writing</a>.

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It is a humanitarian and moral failure that 73 years after Independence, our education system remains broken. We have failed our children through all this time. Karthik Muralidharan joins Amit Varma in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share...

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