Monday Talk: Mon 16 December 2024
7 pm (Beirut Time GMT+2)
Tiger Moms, Minority Status or 10,000 Hours
Why Certain People and Ethnicities Succeed More than Others
Speaker: Oussama Nasr
language: English
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The Talk
The presentation begins with a comparison of the
academic, cultural and professional achievements of different ethnic groups
around the world, using data from
Nobel prizes, university participation and other relevant metrics.
It continues with an exposé of the theories of Amy Chua and her husband Jed
Rubenfeld, Yale Law School
professors, regarding the factors that make certain ethnicities, often but not always minorities, particularly
successful in key areas of human endeavor. Chua's 'findings' are evaluated and
critiqued.
The presentation's second half discusses more specifically the case of the Lebanese success abroad, the
main drivers of this phenomenon and any policy considerations for its
sustainability and strengthening.
Oussama A. Nasr has worked for 38 years as a lawyer, banker,
financial trainer and consultant in New York City and Beirut. He began his career at a large law firm in New York City, then joined a premier investment bank, before
establishing his finance consultancy 27 years ago with a small number of close colleagues.
Since childhood Oussama has been fascinated by the question addressed in this talk, namely what factors drive certain individuals and ethnic groups to achieve meaningfully greater success than others in important areas of human endeavor. He has explored and
researched this question voraciously and has changed his mind many times about its answer.
Oussama holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Cambridge in Mathematics and Philosophy and a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
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