Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community

Raghuram Rajan on Understanding Community

Published: March 13, 2019, 11:45 a.m.

Raghuram Rajan thinks a lot about how to empower individuals, both at the community and international level. In his new book, Rajan draws upon experience both as an academic and policymaker to break down how the three pillars of society\u200a\u2014\u200athe state, markets, and communities\u200a\u2014\u200ainteract with each other, and argues that we\u2019re currently balancing this complex relationship wrong.\xa0

How much has the U.S. actually fixed the financial system? Does India have the best food in the world? Why does China struggle to maintain a strong relationship with allies? Why are people trading close-knit communities for isolating cities? And what types of institutions are we missing in our social structure? Listen to Rajan\u2019s thorough conversation with Tyler to dive into these questions and much more.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded February 26th, 2019

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