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Vishakha N. Desai

Vishakha N. Desai

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Vishakha N. Desai is President of the Asia Society.

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  1. The Mythical Rise of Asian Americans
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    The Mythical Rise of Asian Americans

    Jul 25, 2012 Vishakha N. Desai

  2. Power to Asia’s Women
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    Power to Asia’s Women

    May 15, 2012 Vishakha N. Desai & Astrid S. Tuminez

  3. Asian Women on Top
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    Asian Women on Top

    Jan 12, 2012 Vishakha N. Desai

  4. Educating Americans about Muslim Voices
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    Educating Americans about Muslim Voices

    Jun 4, 2009 Vishakha N. Desai, et al.

  5. The Key to Stability in South Asia

    The Key to Stability in South Asia

    Feb 17, 2009 Vishakha N. Desai, et al.

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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies

    When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger.

     laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

    PS editors present the What Economics is Missing event.
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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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    The Fed Must Not Flinch

    Michael R. Strain

    The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the Fed cannot see the whites of the eyes of a systemic banking crisis, then it must move aggressively on the inflation front.

     urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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    Reimagining Development

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.

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