An Economist's Memoir

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 14, 2013

Padma Desai, professor of comparative economic systems and director of the Center for Transition Economies at Columbia University talks about her book, Breaking Out: An Indian Woman's American Journey (The MIT Press, 2013) and discusses growing up in rural India and moving to the U.S. on a scholarship.

 

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