South Asia Program
Here's How Rich People Can Help Fix America
Eswar Prasad, SAP
“The Fed is doing the best it can, but its tool ultimately is a very blunt one,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy. “Even though credit appears a lot cheaper, in difficult economic times access to that credit becomes even more severely limited to those parts of the population and businesses that need it the most.”
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The Language of Lockdowns and Challenges of Policy Articulation
Kaushik Basu, SAP
Kaushik Basu, professor of economics, writes this opinion piece about the language used in policies for coronavirus safety.
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New Volume on Migrant Care Work
Einaudi Faculty Speak Out on Global Care Industry
From Anindita Banerjee (SAP) and Debra Castillo (LASP/PACS): South of the Future: Marketing Care ... in South Asia and the Americas.
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Race and Racism Across Borders
Writing and Visual Art by Einaudi Students
Einaudi students reflect on personal experiences of racism and border crossings. Don't miss this powerful conversation at Global Cornell.
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Stories of Solidarity: A COVID Project at Cornell
December 11, 2020
10:10 am
Virtual
Bio:
Neema Kudva is an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Faculty Lead of the Nilgiris Field Learning Center, a collaborative project of Keystone Foundation, India, and Cornell University.
Alekhya Mukkavilli (M.R.P. '21) is a second-year Master's student in the Department of City and Regional Planning and is broadly interested in climate transitions and economic development.
Rewa Phansalkar (M.R.P. '21) is a second-year Master's student in the Department of City and Regional Planning and is interested in historic preservation, natural resource planning, and the impact of climate change on cultural landscapes.
Anna Shats (M.P.S. '21) is a Master's of Professional Studies student finishing up her studies in the Department of Information Science with a focus on interactive technologies and user experience.
Abstract:
We will present an ongoing project, Stories of Solidarity, one response, among many, to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project seeks to archive and make visible the ways in which people and communities, particularly those who live and work in spaces of marginality and exclusion, leverage existing social institutions and create new ones by tending and building practices of care, mutual aid, and solidarity. The ways in which we plan and continue to carry out the project through missteps and challenges are rooted in a larger vision of collaboration and solidarity, and core to planning practice and scholarship. The team's collective work since July 2020 will be framed through these ideas that Associate Professor Kudva has concurrently been exploring through other projects.
Stories of Solidarity is funded by an Engaged Cornell Opportunity Grant 2020-21.
If you would like to attend this lecture, please register here.
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“Buddhism as Corporate Disruptor: Pre-Modern and Modern Perspectives” (Matthew D. Milligan, Trinity)
December 11, 2020
4:00 pm
Please join us for a virtual talk by Matthew D. Milligan, Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity University. Professor Milligan researches Indian and Sri Lankan religious history, focusing on the social and economic history of religions in these regions. A specialist in epigraphy and material culture, Milligan reads Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit material cultural sources together with canonical and non-canonical religious literature.
This event is funded by the GPSA and generously co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies, the Department of History, the Religious Studies Program, the South Asia Program and the Southeast Asia Program. All are welcome to attend: please register through CampusGroups to receive the Zoom link.
Please contact Bruno at bms297@cornell.edu for any special arrangements you may require in order to attend this event.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
China's Ouster of Pro-Democracy Lawmakers: Is It Game Over for Hong Kong's Opposition?
Allen Carlson, CMSP, EAP, SAP
“There is a danger that (Chinese President) Xi Jinping will see this period as one of especially pronounced American weakness and look to take advantage of it to forcefully move to challenge the status quo in China's peripheral regions,” says Allen Carlson, associate professor of government.
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Why the US could be the Big Loser in the Huge RCEP Trade Deal Between China and 14 Other Countries
Eswar Prasad, SAP
"The trade pact more closely ties the economic fortunes of the signatory countries to that of China and will over time pull these countries deeper into the economic and political orbit of China,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy.
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Top CEOs Largely Silent on Trump Election Denial, For Now
Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, says President Donald Trump’s denial of election results is “whipping up an extraordinary degree of uncertainty that, if prolonged much further, will act as a drag on what is at best a nascent and fickle economic recovery."
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With Pick for Treasury Secretary, Biden will Tip Hand About His Economic Agenda
Eswar Prasad, SAP
"We have been in a regime where there is a sense that cooperating with other countries weakens the U.S. She felt and acted completely differently,” says Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy. “She’s a master in the art of gentle persuasion rather than using sticks to get people to do the right thing."