Debasish Roy Chowdhury for PS Longer Reads: India’s Despotic Election

Don't miss a new PS Say More interview with Alison LaCroix, on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( MAY 3, 2024 For the past decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been eroding civil liberties and minority rights, curtailing dissent, undermining democratic institutions, and building a cult of personality. The ongoing national election must be understood in this context, writes author Debasish Roy Chowdhury. [Read more]( [PS. To access the new issue of PS Quarterly, subscribe to Premium now.]( [PS Longer Reads: India’s Despotic Election]( [India’s Despotic Election]( By Debasish Roy Chowdhury India is no longer the model free-market democracy that Westerners spent years imagining, encouraging, and touting. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi having bent the media, big business, and democratic institutions to his will, India's markets and politics are becoming less free – as the ongoing election is set to confirm. [Read more]( [PS Say More: Alison LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more]( [Alison LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more]( Alison LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more. LaCroix is Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and the author of [The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms](. [Read more]( [PS Longer Reads: The Perils of Retirement in America]( [The Perils of Retirement in America]( By Teresa Ghilarducci America’s 40-year experiment with a voluntary, individual-directed, commercial retirement system has failed, with the vast majority of US workers unable to accumulate enough savings over their working lives to enjoy basic economic security in old age. Bold reform is urgently needed – and surprisingly possible. [Read more]( [PS. Explore a collection of commentaries focusing on the myriad challenges facing the press today.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.