Luohan Academy

04/12/2020

No region spared in developing world calamity. Poor countries lack the technological, financial and policy tools to navigate the Covid trade-off between containment and economic health. The world must come together.

Read our article on FT:

Poor countries lack the technological, financial

03/12/2020

Collaborative action and data-driven tools are needed to achieve a fair and sustainable end-game to the pandemic. The outcome will shape the world for generations to come. Read our new article with the Financial Times.

Collaborative action and data-driven tools are ne

20/11/2020

We are going live in 2 hours! In this episode of Luohan On Air, Bridget Terry Long, Dean and Saris professor of Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Kathryn Parket Boudett, Director of the Data Wise project at Harvard University, discuss the future of education and how to properly embrace the digital tools to make education more inclusive while not sacrificing quality.

Watch the livestream on Youtube:

In this episode of Luohan On Air, we have teamed up with the Harvard Graduate School of Education to bring you Dr. Bridget Terry Long, Dean and Saris Profess...

19/11/2020

Tune in Thursday, Nov 19th, 9pm EST, for a new episode of Luohan On Air Featuring Bridget Terry Long, Dean and Saris professor of Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Kathryn Parket Boudett, Director of the Data Wise project at Harvard University. In this episode of Luohan On Air, industry leaders and academic leaders discuss the future of education and how to properly embrace the digital tools to make education more inclusive while not sacrificing quality.

Watch the livestream here on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1aSvEPVRo

27/10/2020

Long Chen, director of Luohan Academy joins Toulouse School of Economics - TSE at the & , discussing the topic of “Digital Platforms: Opportunities and Challenges”

Here are three highlights from the keynote speech:

1. Economy is being digitized with unprecedented participation (inclusion) and connectivity, raising new demand for financial services.

2. It helps to mitigate the biggest problems in finance: high cost of information and connectivity.

3. Digital technology is providing the opportunity and a new driver for inclusive open finance, it aims to serve demands from the real economy.

23/10/2020

Dr. Long Chen, the director of Luohan Academy, joins the Institute for New Economic Thinking in a podcast, discussing the ways in which information technology can jump start economic development in developing countries.
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/podcast/chen-long

Chen Long, the director of China's Luohan Academy, talks about the ways in which information technology can jump start economic development in the developing world. https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/podcast/chen-long

22/10/2020

Rethinking economics is no mere academic exercise—covid-19 has shown that citizen welfare, recovery, and future resilience are at stake. Learn more about it at MIT Technology Review.

For evidence that mainstream economists are taking the challenge of covid-19 seriously, look no further than the comments of Gabriela Ramos, chief of staff at the OECD, at a conference in April: “For many institutions, including the OECD, which has traditionally emphasized the need for efficiency,...

30/07/2020

Since late June, the global economic activity has rebounded for many recovering economies. The curve almost exactly the same for which Michael Spence & Luohan Academy developed using the Pandemic Economy Tracker: https://luohanacademy.com/indices/covid19/overview

03/07/2020

Luohan Academy Committee Members Weigh in on 10 Million Cases