Appeared on Substack on May 19, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/china-will-be-hurt-by-trumps-tariffs?r=o7w77 All the pundits have come out very strongly to argue that the trade war that Trump has started with China will end up hurting America in multiple ways. What is left unsaid is that the trade war will hurt China significantly as well, slow down its growth,ContinueContinue reading “China Will be Hurt by Trump’s Tariffs”
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Epstein Files Are a Distraction from the Trump Family Finances (LONG READ)
Appeared on Substack, October 19, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/epstein-files-are-a-distraction-from?r=o7w77 For the past couple of months, both the media and the Democratic congressmen have been pounding on the Epstein Files. Several high-level people in the Trump administration have been in the middle of the back-and-forth with congress on whether and when the Files will be released, the contentsContinueContinue reading “Epstein Files Are a Distraction from the Trump Family Finances (LONG READ)”
Universities are Slip Sliding Away on Their Higher Purpose
Appeared on SUBSTACK on September 15, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/universities-are-slip-sliding-away At dinner a few days back, an eminent MIT professor and good friend told me almost excitedly that his institution was not touched by the Trump administrations attack on academia, mainly because they had signaled that they would make a deal even before the onslaught. Stanford wasContinueContinue reading “Universities are Slip Sliding Away on Their Higher Purpose”
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the Pillars of the American Value System
Appeared in SUBSTACK on June 16, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-are?r=o7w77 When I was Dean of the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, I came to the realization that there were no tenure-track women faculty members in the Finance Department of over twenty-five professors: zero! Finance was the largest major among business undergraduates at theContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the Pillars of the American Value System”
Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda
Read on Substack The Trump administration is being very aggressive in attacking several central pillars of higher education in the United States. And rather than fighting back, the leaders of academia are cowering under this intense onslaught. Several opinion pieces in reputed publications have urged academia to explain to the Trump administration and the generalContinueContinue reading “Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda”
MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway
President Donald Trump and Major Domo Elon Musk are embarking on cost cutting at the federal level that is making everyone’s head spin. Every day we hear directly from respected news sources that federal employees have been asked to stay at home in several departments, some with compensation and some outright by being laid off.ContinueContinue reading “MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway”
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