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JS 117: Changes in Asian Consumers & Companies with Parag Khanna
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English - January 11, 2019 22:59 - 31 minutes - 22.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Business business travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jason Hartman talks with Parag Khanna, author of The Future is Asian and founder of FutureMap, about what's really going on in regards to the trade war and its impact on Asia (which doesn't just mean China). The two discuss the role of technology in killing jobs around the world and Asia's impact on global consumption growth.
Key Takeaways:
[1:29] What is Connectography?
[6:21] The premise of The Future Is Asian
[9:31] Parag can tell you who's going to win a trade war with China
[11:25] Technology is killing jobs a lot faster than trade is
[15:55] Most of the consumption growth is coming from Asia
[19:46] International competition is getting bigger and bigger, making any missteps even costlier
[25:45] Companies are shifting entire operations overseas to take advantage of those markets, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for America
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