The Mauritius Story, 1638-2026: A People and Their Choices

Introduction: Mauritius has spent nearly six decades challenging the grim predictions made by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Meade in 1961. The second installment of this six-part essay series, which will be released in the coming days, elucidates that the so-called Mauritian miracle did not occur in isolation, but rather within a specific international context that was remarkably conducive to rewarding small nations with political stability and high-quality institutions.