The most prominent white lie is the case of India.



On page 164 of the book the author says that India was placed near the bottom of the list of 28 countries in 1820.



In reality, India was the World's 2nd largest economy in 1820. In fact the size of India's economy was three times the size of the next largest economy.



Shame on Easterly! How could you mislead people in this way? It is unimaginable that an author of your caliber can write such false things.

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