The Parallel Universe of Stock Markets
June 14, 2020
It came as something of a shock that the S&P 500 index, a supposed bellwether of the American economy, attained a level on June 8th
Dr. Usman W. Chohan
Advisor
Dr. Usman W. Chohan
Professional Experience
Dr. Usman W. Chohan is an international economist and academic who was one of the founding Directors of CASS, now serving as Advisor to President CASS on Economic Affairs & National Development. He is among the Top 100 Authors across all subjects & disciplines (out of 1.2 million authors) on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which is the largest open repository of knowledge in the world. At CASS, he has authored/edited eight books in the past five years, all published with Routledge (see below). In the academic realm, his research has been cited widely, and Dr. Chohan has testified before various authorities based on his technical expertise. He has been published in prestigious journals such as Policy & Society, The International Journal of Public Administration, and Parliamentary Affairs.
Dr. Chohan has a PhD in economics from UNSW Australia, where his doctoral work led to the world’s first multidisciplinary synthesis of independent legislative fiscal institutions, and an MBA from McGill University (Canada), with coursework at MIT-Tsinghua. His previous practitioner experience includes working at the National Bank of Canada and the World Bank. Dr. Chohan has been a speaker at major national conferences such as GSTAR and the Margalla Dialogue. He is also the President of the International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA), the leading organization worldwide for hyperpolyglotism and whose membership consists of the speakers of six or more languages. He appears frequently on domestic and international television, podcasts, and lecture series in various languages. He is also trained in South Asian musicology and plays the sitar. In addition, Dr. Chohan has maintained an annual reading challenge of 100 books every year since 2011.
List of Books at CASS
- Public Value & Budgeting: International Perspectives
- Reimagining Public Managers: Delivering Public Value
- Public Value and the Digital Economy,
- Pandemics and Public Value Management,
- Activist Retail Investors and the Future of Financial Markets(co-edited)
- Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Multidisciplinary Perspectives(edited),
Forthcoming books
- Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Innovation and Vulnerability in the Digital Economy (co-edited).
- Critical Polyglot Studies (co-authored)
- Public Governance on the Blockchain (co-edited)
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Coronavirus: Yearning for the cure
June 10, 2020
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Kashmir: Beyond Imbroglios
June 10, 2020
Kashmir: Beyond Imbroglios, Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Air University Press (June 2020) Dr Usman W. Chohan & Omer Aamir This article argues that the right
Coronavirus: Demography and destiny
June 1, 2020
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The Plague and its Inquisitors
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Covid-19 and the Space Industry
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The Plague and the Market
May 11, 2020
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The Great Aerospace Crisis
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