The Transition to a Multi-Polar World

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This chapter discusses the emerging era resulting from recent disruptive events, exploring the economic and political implications and predicting a shift towards a multi-polar world. The conversation also addresses the era of markets and globalization, emphasizing the importance of competition, innovation, and the benefits of globalization for stability and prosperity.

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Justin Yifu Lin. Lin is dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics, dean of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, and professor and honorary dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He served as chief economist at the World Bank from 2008 to 2012, and he actually took up his World Bank position after serving for 15 years as professor and founding director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: