Manifold | Glenn Luk: China’s economic evolution, GDP, and high speed rail — #58 @ManifoldPodcast | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Glenn Luk has worked as an investment banker, private equity investor, and startup founder. He has closely analyzed aspects of the Chinese economy, including its GDP and high speed rail system.
Steve and Glenn discuss:
0:00 Introduction
01:21 Glenn Luk's Background: HK, Taiwan, China
07:59 Evolution of Chinese Companies and Economy
14:58 From Banking to Private Equity and Venture Capital
23:08 Founding a Healthcare Startup and Entrepreneurial Ventures
26:35 China's Development and Economic Policies
41:17 Comparing US and China's Economies and Cultures
47:12 Demographics and Consumer Behavior in China
49:09 China's Economy: Beyond GDP
56:34 High Speed Rail: huge success, or white elephant?
01:17:26 Future of China's Economy
References:
Glenn Luk on Twitter: twitter.com/GlennLuk
Glenn on High Speed Rail: readwriteinvest.com/p/is-high-speed-rail-in-china-a-gray
Munger and Ricardo: infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/03/charlie-munger-ricardo-and-finance.html
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.
Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.
Glenn Luk has worked as an investment banker, private equity investor, and startup founder. He has closely analyzed aspects of the Chinese economy, including its GDP and high speed rail system.
Steve and Glenn discuss:
0:00 Introduction
01:21 Glenn Luk's Background: HK, Taiwan, China
07:59 Evolution of Chinese Companies and Economy
14:58 From Banking to Private Equity and Venture Capital
23:08 Founding a Healthcare Startup and Entrepreneurial Ventures
26:35 China's Development and Economic Policies
41:17 Comparing US and China's Economies and Cultures
47:12 Demographics and Consumer Behavior in China
49:09 China's Economy: Beyond GDP
56:34 High Speed Rail: huge success, or white elephant?
01:17:26 Future of China's Economy
References:
Glenn Luk on Twitter: twitter.com/GlennLuk
Glenn on High Speed Rail: readwriteinvest.com/p/is-high-speed-rail-in-china-a-gray
Munger and Ricardo: infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/03/charlie-munger-ricardo-and-finance.html
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.
Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.
