In a March 23 article in Project Syndicate, Professor Shang-Jin Wei discussed measures policymakers should take to address and recover from the current coronavirus pandemic. In the article, titled "Beating COVID-19 and the Economic Pandemic," Professor Wei advised countries to prepare supplies and hospital beds quickly, and to enforce social distancing as soon as there are … [Read more...]
Shang-Jin Wei Talks to the South China Morning Post About the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on China
Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia Business School, spoke to the South China Morning Post about the possible impact of President Trump's tariffs on China in the March 9, 2018 article "Donald Trump Signs Off on Sweeping Tariffs, Singling Out ‘Unfair’ China and Defying Trade War Warnings." “This is an escalation of a major … [Read more...]
Feb. 20 Event: “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System-The Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the February 20, 2018 Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture "Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System" The special lecture was presented by Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. His talk was moderated by Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese … [Read more...]
The Fourth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Qiren Zhou
Read about and see pictures from the Fourth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture by Qiren Zhou, Professor of Economics, the National School of Development, Peking University. The February 5, 2014 event, moderated by Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, … [Read more...]
