Aspen Book Series Featuring Vijay Vaitheeswaran

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Date

Tue Mar 13, 2012
8:00am – 9:30am

Location

New York, NY, United States

Hosts

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, China Business & Finance Editor for The Economist will discuss his new book, NEED, SPEED, AND GREED:How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems with Heidi Moore, Bureau Chief, New York Bureau and Wall Street Correspondent for Marketplace, American Public Media.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is the China Business & Finance Editor for The Economist, and he opened the magazine’s first regional bureau in Mexico City. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s Stern School of Business. He is also the author of a book on the future of energy, POWER TO THE PEOPLE: How the Coming Energy Revolution will Transform an Industry, Change our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet. He is a regular commentator on NPR and Marketplace radio, and a regular guest on the BBC, PBS’s NewsHour, ABC’s Nightline and other television programs.

Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent for the Economist will discuss his new book, “Need, Speed and Greed” (Harper Collins, March 2012).

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