"Where economists see factors of production, William Bissell sees human beings in every link of the value addition chain...[Making India Work] is as useful an antidote to those so mesmerized by the higher trajectory of market-driven growth as to neglect its deleterious social, political and ethical consequences as to those who yearn for a return to our socialist past...                                                – Mani Shankar Aiyar"

In writing this book, William Bissell has recognised that the luxury of economic development by consuming large amounts of natural resources and generating enormous pollution is not a choice available to countries that are beginning their development now.
Hard-hitting and thought provoking, this book is a result of Bissell’s numerous journeys and close interaction with artisan groups and communities across the country. Bissell believes that India needs to forge its own path and proposes a radical, new paradigm for development that delinks consumption from quality of life.