Eswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, economist and Cornell trade policy professor who wrote The Doom Loop, outlines how interacting economic, political, and geopolitical forces create negative feedback cycles. He talks about globalization’s unequal gains, the rise of resentful politics and populists, fracturing international institutions, technology’s risks, and possible paths to break the cycle.

Eswar Prasad, Cornell professor and author studying globalization and macroeconomics, unpacks the “doom loop” of economic, political and geopolitical instability. He maps how fragile institutions, China’s rise, currency dynamics and middle‑power choices deepen tensions. Short, sharp takes on why repair is hard and what resilience and reform would need to look like.

Eswar (Ezra) Prasad, Cornell professor and author on global economic disorder; Jed Kolko, labor and housing analyst and former Commerce official; Julian Emanuel, Evercore equity strategist. They discuss market defensive tilts, sector rotation toward healthcare and value, housing and labor-market frictions, and how globalization, tariffs and geopolitics reshape trade and corporate strategy.

Eswar Prasad, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, dives into pressing economic topics. He explores the risks of exporting high-end technology to China, weighing short-term gains against long-term security concerns. Prasad highlights China's expertise in commercializing innovations and its strategy of increasing overseas investments amid rising export barriers. He also discusses the complexities of U.S. foreign policy, suggesting mixed signals could undermine strategic objectives while affirming the enduring power of the U.S. financial system.

Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Economics at Cornell and Brookings senior fellow, discusses his book about a destructive feedback loop between economics, politics, and geopolitics. He unpacks globalization’s paradoxes, China's rise and middle powers' dilemmas, Europe's policy challenges, the weakening of global rules, and how AI and digital tech amplify instability.