Cuban Economy

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I think the economy will do well if america works with cuban. They need a lot of help. We have managed to blockade them, as they call it, for 50 years. And that's not a good thing. So i i'm in favor of opening it up. At the moment, we're going the wrong way. You've been to north corea. Most of us have not. What is iti understand about the place having been that maybe we don't? Aescarious thing about north carea is the ability to control everyone's behavior in a systematic way. It's quite striking to be in a country where the kind of debate and pitching and complaining does not

The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father’s profession, first studying architecture before settling on computer science and eventually earning a PhD. Now one of the most influential technology executives in the world, he still however credits his interest in network economies and platforms for a large part of his success.

In this live event hosted by Village Global in San Francisco, Tyler questioned Schmidt about underused management strategies, what Google learned after interviewing one job candidate sixteen times, his opinion on early vs. late Picasso, the best reform in corporate governance, why we might see a bifurcation of the Internet, what technology will explode in the the next 10 years, the most underrated media source, and more.

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Recorded September 21st, 2018 Other ways to connect

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