Vishakha N. Desai - Vishakha N. Desai is the sixth president of the Asia Society, assuming the position in July 2004. As chief executive officer, she is responsible for managing an international organization with offices throughout the U.S. and Asia.
She sets the direction for the Society's programs in the diverse fields of arts, culture, policy, business and education, overseeing a budget of $22 million.
Joseph E. Stiglitz - Joseph Stiglitz was chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was the chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001. He is currently a finance and economics professor at Columbia University. He is the author of Globalization and Its Discontents and The Roaring Nineties.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz ("Globalization and Its Discontents") talks about his new concept of economics, "The Economics of Information," and his latest book, "Making Globalization Work"- Asia Society
Joseph’s constitution is truly extraordinary. There is no way I would ever be able to put up with that constant bobbing for an hour and a half! In order for me to watch it I had to cover her up with a blank text page from another program. If any one reading these comments are friends of the interviewer PLEASE let her know how distracting her behavior is. An hour and a half of important discussion and all we can talk about is her constant distractions. By the way, what were they talking about? Guess it wasn’t that important......did I mention that she was a distraction?