Ep. 95: Trade wars and cultural differences with Richard Conrad

Today's podcast we are talking about trade wars and cultural differences with Richard Conrad, author of "Culture Hacks"

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About Richard Conrad

• Richard Conrad grew up in Washington, DC, studied engineering and economics at Vanderbilt University, earned a master’s degree in economics as a local student at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and later earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• He worked for the last sixteen years for a large US money management firm researching, analyzing, and investing in Chinese and Japanese equities.
• Richard is fluent in Chinese and Japanese and continues to live in Asia with his family.

EPISODE CONTENT:

• Richard tells a little bit of his background. What does he do, and what’s his relationship to China.
• Discussion about studying in China as a foreigner - different way to teach
• Richard explains how he connected to Asia at first - Japan to start
• Insights about why do Americans think differently from Chinese and Japanese people.
• Languages and behaviors in Asia - then globally.
• Discussion about absolute and relative truth.
• How does this impact the current trade war and tech war.
• Where do you see things go from here? Further down hill, before things normalize?
• Ways to get in touch with Richard

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