India’s snubbing of Jeff Bezos is bad optics, bad politics, and bad economics

The Indian government reportedly snubbed the world’s richest man last week. When Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, “surprised” Indians with a three-day trip—and a flurry of India-focused announcements—beginning Jan.15, senior officials have mostly kept him at an arm’s distance. The best he managed was a closed-door meeting with business magnates such as Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani, Infosys’ Narayana Murthy, and Future Group’s Kishore Biyani.