Toward a Free EconomyThe unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independence Neoliberalism is routinely characterised as an antidemocratic, expert driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected onto the rest of the world. Revising this understanding, Toward a Free Economy shows how economic conservatism emerged and was disseminated in a postcolonial society consistent with the logic of democracy.