Min Zhu Joined the Advisory Board of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
New York, NY, December 05, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) has appointed Min Zhu, Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund to its advisory board, which also includes five Nobel Prize winners.
Prior to his appointment at the International Monetary Fund, he was Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, and before that had more than a decade of commercial banking experience as a senior executive at the Bank of China. Mr. Zhu also worked at the World Bank and taught economics at both Johns Hopkins University and Fudan University.
Mr. Zhu received a Ph.D and an M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a B.A. in economics from Fudan University.
“I welcome the opportunity to assist the Institute in its vital work to stimulate the innovative thinking that will bring about lasting solutions to the financial crisis,” said Min Zhu.
“Min Zhu has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors of China’s banking system, affording him valuable perspectives on meeting the economic challenges we face,” said Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET. “His intimate knowledge of the world’s second largest economy is absolutely critical to the development of global solutions we seek.”
About the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Launched in October 2009 with a $50 million commitment from George Soros and driven by the global financial crisis, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is dedicated to empowering and supporting the next generation of economists and scholars in related fields through research grants, Task Force groups, academic partnerships, and conferences. INET embraces the professional responsibility to think beyond current paradigms. Ultimately, INET is committed to broadening and accelerating the development of innovative thinking that can lead to insights into and solutions for the great challenges of the 21st century and return economics to its core mission of guiding and protecting society. For more information please visit http://www.ineteconomics.org/
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Prior to his appointment at the International Monetary Fund, he was Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, and before that had more than a decade of commercial banking experience as a senior executive at the Bank of China. Mr. Zhu also worked at the World Bank and taught economics at both Johns Hopkins University and Fudan University.
Mr. Zhu received a Ph.D and an M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a B.A. in economics from Fudan University.
“I welcome the opportunity to assist the Institute in its vital work to stimulate the innovative thinking that will bring about lasting solutions to the financial crisis,” said Min Zhu.
“Min Zhu has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors of China’s banking system, affording him valuable perspectives on meeting the economic challenges we face,” said Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET. “His intimate knowledge of the world’s second largest economy is absolutely critical to the development of global solutions we seek.”
About the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Launched in October 2009 with a $50 million commitment from George Soros and driven by the global financial crisis, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is dedicated to empowering and supporting the next generation of economists and scholars in related fields through research grants, Task Force groups, academic partnerships, and conferences. INET embraces the professional responsibility to think beyond current paradigms. Ultimately, INET is committed to broadening and accelerating the development of innovative thinking that can lead to insights into and solutions for the great challenges of the 21st century and return economics to its core mission of guiding and protecting society. For more information please visit http://www.ineteconomics.org/
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