Crisis of the Asian Century with Vasuki Shastry

Liako Lebakeng

61 min

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Vasuki Shastry Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I delve into the major socio-economic headwinds that are threatening to derail Asia’s rise with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasuki-shastry-0881b0/">Vasuki Shastry</a>. We discuss the incentives for global elites to hype Asia’s rise, the ‘thought leadership mafia’, the threat of deglobalization to Asia’s growth, Asia’s ‘Eight Hells’ and some ways to escape them, generation and gender divides across the mega-region, the differences between policy programs that promote social mobility vis-a-vis poverty alleviation, the surprising similarities between socio-economic issues in Asia and the West, the problem of ‘Asia’ as a monolithic geo-cultural abstraction, the case for a new set of Asian values, the impact of COVID on Asia’s development and many more topics. You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Short Link: <a href="https://apple.co/3r4MwDR">https://apple.co/3h2zFOS</a> Short Link: <a href="http://spoti.fi/3c0XTIC">http://spoti.fi/3c0XTIC</a> If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so. Thank you to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-kumar-panigrahi-ph-d-7788551b1/">Manoj Kumar Panigrahi</a> for leaving this review this week… To give us a review, just go to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/policy-people/id1525978880?uo=4&itscg=30200&itsct=podcast_box">Policy People</a> on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘Write a Review’. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasuki-shastry-

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Crisis of the Asian Century with Vasuki Shastry

Liako Lebakeng

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