A list with surprises

India used to be the world's second-fastest growing economy, bested only by China. Before that, the story put out was that India was among the half-dozen fastest growing countries. But if you switch from pure economic growth to per capita incomes, to see which country has done best by its citizens, the picture begins to offer some surprises. You could even question the generally accepted narrative that the poor countries as a group have been doing better than the advanced economies - the "catching up" story.

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