Amy Chua
Author, 'Political Tribes'
Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Amy practiced for four years with the Wall Street firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she worked on international transactions throughout Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She graduated from Harvard College in 1984 and Harvard Law School in 1987. While at Harvard Law School, Professor Chua was executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, she clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald, who was a wonderful mentor to her (and who performed the marriage ceremony for Amy and her husband Jed!).
Why are the poorest Americans still sold on the American dream?
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Yale professor Amy Chua on the identity of nations, why hardened tribes end up in civil wars, and why you can’t just replace dictators with democracy.
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