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Manmohan Singh: India's Finest Talent Scout

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(1932-2024)

Economists live and die by a mantra: resources must flow to their highest-valued use. Manmohan Singh embraced this idea as he steered the Indian economy out of command-and-control and into a market system. But he also applied it in a strikingly personal way—to people. He believed that individuals with talent and expertise should be placed where they can make the greatest difference. Singh was, quite possibly, the finest talent spotter in Indian economics, a skill that would go on to shape the country’s economic policy for decades. His keen talent scouting was his most remarkable quality…

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