Vivek Wadhwa

Vice President of Innovations and Research at Singularity University

Vivek Wadhwa is Vice President of Innovations and Research at Singularity University; Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University; Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar, Halle Institute of Global Learning, Emory University. He is the author of “The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent” (2012), which was named by The Economist as a book of the year. He was named by Foreign PolicyMagazine as a Top 100 Global Thinker in 2012. In 2013, Time magazine listed him as one of the 40 Most Influential Minds in Tech.

Debates Featuring Vivek Wadhwa

Let Anyone Take A Job Anywhere

With Bryan Caplan, Kathleen Newland, Ron Unz, Vivek Wadhwa
October 30, 2013

If we value a free market in goods and free movement of capital, should we embrace the free movement of labor? Reciprocal treaties would allow citizens of the U.S. and other countries to work legally across borders. Would the elimination of barriers in the labor market depress wages and flood the marketplace with workers? Or would the benefits of a flexible labor supply be a boon to our economy, all while raising the standard of living for anyone willing to…

Let Anyone Take A Job Anywhere

With Bryan Caplan, Kathleen Newland, Ron Unz, Vivek Wadhwa
October 30, 2013

Too Many Kids Go To College

With Henry Bienen, Charles Murray, Peter Thiel, Vivek Wadhwa
October 12, 2011

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO IDEAS WEEK The herd mentality that assumes college is the only path to reaching one’s full potential is under fire. Student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt, unemployment for those with bachelor’s degrees is at an all-time high, and entrepreneurs like the founders of Facebook and Microsoft prove that extraordinary success is possible without it. But recent studies show that college is economically beneficial even to those whose jobs don’t require it. Is it…

Too Many Kids Go To College

With Henry Bienen, Charles Murray, Peter Thiel, Vivek Wadhwa
October 12, 2011

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