In December 2013 the investment manager Ruchir Sharma was on the road in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, interviewing locals in connection with upcoming elections. Everywhere he went, people “would angrily reel off to the exact rupee” the price increases for potatoes, ghee and onions over the past five years, Sharma writes in The Rise and Fall of Nations. “Talk of inflation trumped other pressing issues, such as corruption and unemployment.”
2013年12月,投资经理鲁奇尔•夏尔马(Ruchir Sharma)在印度中央邦(Madhya Pradesh)和拉贾斯坦邦(Rajasthan)街头,就即将开始的选举采访当地人。夏尔马在《国家的兴衰》(Rise and Fall of Nations)一书中写道,他所到之处,人们都“愤怒地念叨着(过去5年土豆、酥油和洋葱的价格)具体上涨了多少卢比……有关通胀的声音盖过了其他紧迫问题,例如腐败和失业。”