Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, says of farmers in Malawi, “People here can be really innovative and inspiring. Not only at the individual level but in their cooperation with each other, too.”

Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy and economics, notes, “China does not yet have the capacity to generate a great deal of innovation.” 

Robert Hockett, professor of law and finance, assesses the recent banking crises.

“I believe in the power of technologies in transforming agriculture and rural development,” said Ed Mabaya, research professor in global development. “Beyond the ability of agriculture and food systems to feed and nourish us, they are also the pathway to development, prosperity and peace.” 

“They’re moving through the world in a way where they don’t feel like they have to explain themselves,” says Christine Bacareza Balance, associate professor of performing & media arts and Asian American studies. “There’s an enjoyment of being Asian American.”

The April 24 Lund Debate is available on video! Watch it now.

Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of law, discusses the notion that China aims to supplant the U.S. as the leading world power in this opinion piece. 

Sharif Hozoori, an Afghan political historian, writes on Taliban rule since August 2021. He is an IIE-SRF fellow and visiting scholar based in Einaudi’s South Asia Program.

“If you look at the overall data — GDP growth, the entire national income growing, India’s doing moderately well. The bottom end of India is not doing well. The key reason for that is in terms of employment, India is doing rather poorly,” says Kaushik Basu, professor of economics. 

Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, says: “In some regions of the world it will become not possible to grow food, or to raise animals. That’s if we continue on our current trajectory.”