This podcast with Dr. Alisa Di Caprio is part of a series on the academic research and work of Alice Amsden, formerly the Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alice was a leading heterodox economist who published extensively on industrial strategies for emerging markets. Alisa is currently the chief economist at R3, a blockchain platform company. She does the macroeconomic and strategic analysis for digital assets, central bank digital currencies, payments, and trade. Previously, she was a Senior Economist at Asian Development Bank in Tokyo and Manila. As the resident trade and technology economist, she spearheaded the institutional innovation program and trade digitization efforts. she also calculated the global trade finance gap from 2013-2017. Her Ph.D. is in International Development with a focus on labor economics. She studied with Alice Amsden from 2001-2007 and co-authored a book with her in 2008.
Alisa focuses on industrial policy, techno nationalism, and resilient supply chains. In this podcast, she also discusses a book that she co-authored with Alice Amsden and James Robinson on the role of elites in economic development. She shares her experiences of working with Alice Amsden.
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