In this episode, I talk to Atul Chandra about Kerala becoming the first Indian state that has eradicated extreme poverty. Throughout the conversation, we cover how Kerala’s socialist-oriented model of development over the past seven decades has laid the groundwork for this to take place, how exactly this program was conducted, how it compares to China’s targeted poverty alleviation strategy, and how it can inspire the rest of the global South.

"Communist-led Kerala is eradicating extreme poverty" – Atul Chandra: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/26/communist-led-kerala-is-eradicating-extreme-poverty/

Previous episode on China's poverty alleviation: https://youtu.be/tDjtEeWuFew?si=vXWIiQlIzXP07bXq/

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research: https://thetricontinental.org/

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How Kerala Eliminated Extreme Poverty (w/ Atul Chandra)