A talk on Bangladesh in the age of Trump
The conversation is much more about domestic affairs than foreign matters
I will also join a talented group of economists working in academia, development sector, government and the private sector in Bangladesh at midnight Friday.
Further reading
The Best Books on the Cold War
recommended by Archie Brown
20 May 2020
35 July: Marching with martyrs’ bodies at Dhaka University
Masum Billah, 18 Oct 2024
The new face of disinformation in post-Hasina Bangladesh
Kamrun Naher, 21 Oct 2024
Between a rock and a hard place
Faridul Alam, 25 Oct 2024
Bangladesh central banker accuses tycoons of ‘robbing banks’ of $17bn with spy agency help
John Reed, 28 Oct 2024
The Many Obstacles in the Way of Sheikh Hasina’s Conviction
Saqlain Rizve, 29 Oct 2024
বের হচ্ছে ক্ষত, এক্সিম এখন ৪০১ কোটি টাকার লোকসানি ব্যাংক
শেখ আবু তালেব, 29 Oct 2024
USAID: Bangladesh cannot afford to leave anyone behind
Reed Aeschliman interviewed, 30 Oct 2024
Mohammad Yunus can go down in history as the architect of a new Bangladesh
Mandeep Tiwana, 31 Oct 2024
The key to rebuilding Bangladesh
Forrest Cookson, 31 Oct 2024
Bangladesh's garment workers impacted by Western buyers paying 10% less for clothes
Shamim Chowdhury, 31 Oct 2024
Trump’s Gratuitous Comment on Bangladesh Shows His Opportunism
Rushad Faridi, 7 Nov 2024
We have probably reached peak anti capitalism. Many countries will be moving towards deregulation in the coming years even if they dress it up in language such as supply side progressivism. Free market economics correlates strongly with democracy.
If you look at the last remaining true dictatorships outside of China, they're all petrostates. These guys will be fucked by 2040.