Ann Lee (Chinese: 李淯) is a Hong Kong-born American author and commentator on global economics and finance issues.

Ann Lee
Born

Overview edit

Biography edit

Lee was born in Hong Kong to Chinese parents who had escaped from the turmoil of the early years of the PRC; subsequently the family emigrated to the United States. She attended U.C. Berkeley, Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and Harvard Business School (1995).[1] After working for two investments banks, she became a hedge fund partner and a trader in credit derivatives. She also taught at Pace University from 2006 to 2007. From 2010 to 2012 she was a senior fellow at Demos, where she worked on issues of financial regulation and U.S.-China relations.[2]

Writing edit

Her book What the U.S. Can Learn from China was published in January 2012 by Berrett-Koehler. The book was described in The Economist magazine as "calling for a less hostile approach towards the rising Asian power".[3]

Her op-ed pieces and editorials have been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal [4] Newsweek, Business Week,[5] Forbes,[6] Huffington Post,[7] The American Prospect [8] and Institutional Investor.[1][9]

Media appearances edit

She has been a frequent media commentator on economic issues. She has appeared on Bloomberg,[10] CNBC,[11] ABC, CBS, CNN,[12] NPR, VOA, C-SPAN[13] and many foreign stations that include BBC, CCTV-America,[14] Phoenix TV,[15] Al Jazeera, and Swedish TV. She also makes several appearances each year as an invited speaker at industry and academic conferences.[2]

Publishing history edit

  • Lee, Ann (2012). What the U.S. Can Learn from China. Berrett-Koehler. p. 288. ISBN 9781609941246.
  • Lee, Ann (2017). Will China's Economy Collapse?. Wiley. p. 168. ISBN 9781509520138.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ann Lee". Forbes. 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Demos: Ann Lee". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05.
  3. ^ "The Economist: Buttonwood 2012/02". 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ Lee, Ann (15 October 2009). "The Banking System is Still Broken". Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ "Innovation: Learning from China's Banking System - BusinessWeek". Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  6. ^ Forbes.com[dead link]
  7. ^ "Ann Lee | HuffPost". HuffPost.
  8. ^ "Bring Back the Space Race". December 2011.
  9. ^ "Ann Lee". worldoregon.com. World Affairs Council of Oregon. 2015. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "Ann lee - Bloomberg Search". search1.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Demos' Ann Lee on CNBC: Predictions in China for 2012. YouTube.
  12. ^ "CNN Video Experience | CNN". CNN.
  13. ^ "[What the U.S. Can Learn from China] | C-SPAN.org".
  14. ^ "Ann Lee Calls For Job Creation". Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  15. ^ "CNC World - Experts on China economy". www.cncworld.tv. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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