Introducing Factory Reset

You are tuning in for “Factory Reset”, a podcast that rewires the conversation on industrial policy and structural transformation. In a world where economies don’t come with a user manual, we’re exploring how nations—from India to the Global South—are hitting or can hit reset to build economies that work for the future. In this series, we sit down with academics, industrialists, union leaders and practitioners who aren’t afraid to question the old playbook or learn from it and attune to the realities of our times.

From India’s industrial shifts to lessons from the world over, we’re unpacking the historical blueprints, the breakthroughs, and contemporary bold lessons that reset our thinking on the economy. We talk about labour and work in the 21st century, industrial and social policy, alternative dynamics of capitalism’s unfolding in the Global South and everything in between.