Writing for The Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project, the School of History's Dr Aditya Balasubramanian reflects onJason Jackson’s recent Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry (2025) andasks: how should we understand the modernity of so-called “modern Indian capitalists”? 

You can read Aditya's blog post free online.

Aditya is currently overseas undertaking research for his DECRA project 'Roads and Road Transport in India: An Environmental and Economic History'.