India is moving in the same direction as the Bretton Woods Washington Consensus, following policies of austerity (FRBM laws capping government spending) and privatization (DIPPAM department for privatization), which are self-destructive.

Hudson's experience in urban elites supporting World Bank hydroelectric projects showed how middle-class urban populations benefited from centralized infrastructure while rural and indigenous populations were displaced.

While billionaires' debts are written off in India, farmers' debts of a few hundred thousand rupees create major controversy about economic mismanagement, showing the structural injustice in how different classes are treated by the state.