Eswar Prasad, senior professor of trade policy, appears on this podcast to discuss the evolution of money. 

“The short answer to the question of debt forgiveness is that it all comes down to politics: which groups are favored by elite lawmakers, and which groups are less favored,” says Bob Hockett, professor of law, who supports Biden’s policy. “Student debt forgiveness is a relatively rare instance where we are getting debt forgiveness for average people.”

Eswar Prasad, professor of applied economics and policy, says, “It’s a market for certain U.S. exports, such as agricultural products, but also, consumer goods that actually come through China do have technology from Taiwan. Taiwan also exports directly to the U.S.” 

“People in emerging markets have always found ways to move their capital out of the country to seek a more stable currency,” says Sarah Krepps, professor of government and public policy. 

The ideas of “giving up on fighting tooth and nail” for an increasingly elusive reward has grown in appeal for young Chinese citizens, says Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School.

The consortium for Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA) is offering one free and virtual mini-courses this fall, open to all graduate students studying Southeast Asia!

The Geography of Disease and Health in Southeast Asia

Taught by James Wilson, Northern Illinois University

Offered virtually from October 10 to November 14, 2022, Mondays, 8:00pm-10:00pm Eastern Time.

Full syllabus available here.

Apply here.

Application deadline: September 16

This course does not offer credit, though students are encouraged to work with a faculty member at their own institution to count a course as independent study credit. Priority will be given to M.A. and PhD students from GETSEA member institutions but students from all institutions are welcome to apply. These courses entail a workload of equivalent to roughly one credit. Only those committed to completing all aspects of courses should apply. 

Note that all classes will be conducted synchronously via videoconference. Please take your local time zone into consideration.

We do not offer an option to audit GETSEA mini-courses. Whether or not you seek credit at your own institution, we expect all participants to complete all readings, complete all assignments, and attend all classes. 

It’s a time of great peril, says Cornell economics professor Eswar Prasad. Though he doesn’t see cascading crises at this stage, Prasad says countries with high levels of foreign currency debt, economic and political challenges are vulnerable as global financial conditions tighten.

The Institute for African Development is pleased to announce the theme of its upcoming fall conference, DIGITALIZATION in AFRICA: IMPETUS FOR INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

The conference will be held on October 28-29, 2022 (Ithaca, NY) USA

Hybrid mode / in-person at Cornell

The conference will focus on the digital era as an entrepreneurial transformative prototype in Africa. Other aspects of the conference will focus on the channels utilized by Africans while navigating digital instruments, developing well-thought programs and technological innovations. Although technology is easily transferred, the context of the beneficiary nation or community has to take into account optimal application. Africans are applying technology to open all possibilities and devising ways to promote the eradication of poverty. This conference will pivot on digital trajectories and projection into the future beyond the 21st century, exhibiting African innovative competence in the digital era as part of the most critical areas of a holistic organization towards thorough and more broadly social progress.

Allen Carlson, director of Cornell University’s China and Asia-Pacific Studies program, comments on U.S.-China relations.