This event is part of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2018. #AsiaLitFest

Can China grow rich? Can Asia become mostly middle class? Linda Yueh will discuss the ideas of the greatest economists in history from her new book, The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today. She'll draw on their ideas to show why we are on the brink of seeing more prosperity in Asia but also highlight the remaining economic challenges.

About Linda Yueh

Dr Linda Yueh is a Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, and was Visiting Professor of Economics at Peking University. The former Economics Editor at Bloomberg TV, she also hosted Talking Business with Linda Yueh as Chief Business Correspondent for BBC News. She has written and edited a macroeconomics textbook and a number of academic books, including China’s Growth: The Making of an Economic Superpower.

This event is part of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2018. Back for its 12th year running, the Festival is bringing some of the biggest names and rising stars from the written word together for a celebration of Asian literature.

Taking place across September and October 2018, the UK’s only pan-Asian literature festival presents words, stories and ideas from Asia and the diaspora. From live performances to public talks and animated discussions, the festival will celebrate Asia – a region that we define as running from Turkey to Tokyo – in all its glory.

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