The rise and fall of Bangladesh’s economy, and the lessons in it

For years, Bangladesh’s economy has been held up as a model for India. That view has been tarnished by the popular anger that drove Sheikh Hasina from office. Dictatorial politics increased that anger, but the immediate trigger for her exit was job quotas for grandchildren of 1971 freedom fighters in a country where millions of educated unemployed try desperately to grab a few govt jobs.Bangladesh’s social indicators beat India’s hollow. It has