David Blair
Vice President of CCGDavid Blair, vice-president and senior economist at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG).
David Blair is an economist and writer specializing in banking and finance, macro-economics, technological innovation, and healthcare. He was a senior business columnist for China Daily in Beijing, where he has written over 250 articles, many of them front page. He has a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA and was a MacArthur post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Science and International Affairs. For 17 years, he was a Professor of Economics and Chairman of the economics department at the Eisenhower School of National Defense University in Washington, DC, which is an executive management program for senior officials of the US government, about forty other nations, and selected large corporations.
For many years, he led the program researching financial institutions around the world. His business consulting experience includes five years helping the Italian company Finmeccanica identify and evaluate for possible acquisition small technology companies throughout the US. He worked directly with the then Minister of Railways of India to evaluate management procedures and business strategy. He spent a year as a visiting scholar at Citic Securities in Beijing and has directed projects in many countries.
Related Opinions
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David Blair: Innovative entrepreneurs drives progress
Giving ideas about the way the future should work is important for people. One thing that really impresses me about the way governance works in China is that a lot of them are educational.
March 07 , 2024 -
David Blair: Dire economic outcomes of sanctions
It's a pity that current NATO leaders are so short-sighted that they don't seem to consider the long-term consequences of their current policies. It's not clear whether the US administration has a long-term strategy on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
March 22 , 2022 -
David Blair: Creating a flourishing, dynamic and entrepreneurial economy
What's really great is that these dynamic entrepreneurs create opportunities for other dynamic people－not only raising living standards and upgrading industry, but also creating a dynamic society and culture.
December 19 , 2020 -
David Blair: Foreign capital flows can’t be allowed to create asset bubbles
China's capital markets are now very attractive due to the nation's success in fighting the pandemic while also, almost uniquely, sticking to a prudent monetary policy.
November 02 , 2020
