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The Kerala Paradox: If we are so smart, why are we poor?

Follow Us A recent Instagram reel captured a foreigner’s genuine awe at Kerala. Here was a state that, without massive industrial wealth, had built a society with world-class education and health metrics. For those of us from Kerala, it was a familiar and proud moment.

Representational image: / panitanphoto

Representational image: / panitanphoto

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Key Highlights

  • We are the "model state." We invested in our people, and today, our social indicators are the envy of the subcontinent.
  • But that pride often sits alongside a quiet, nagging question.
  • Looking at the other side of the coin, one cannot help but ask: For the level of education we have achieved, why is our per capita income still so low?
  • Or, more bluntly, if we are so smart, why are we poor?
  • We have been educated for a generation now.
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Sources

  1. The Kerala Paradox: If we are so smart, why are we poor?

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