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The Other One Percent: Indians in America

By Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur and Nirvikar Singh

Indian-born Americans in the US today number 2 million and are probably the most successful minority group in the country. Compared with all other big foreign-born groups, they are younger, richer and more likely to be married and supremely well educated. On the west coast they are a mighty force in Silicon Valley; well-off Indians cluster around New York, too. The Other One Percent is a book about the first major study of how this transformation happened. Filled with crunchy analysis, it exudes authority on a hugely neglected subject. –The Economist[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1498685962415{padding-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_text]The Other One Percent Book By Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur and Nirvikar Singh[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1498686120953{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]

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