He Fan

He Fan, born in Xingyang, Henan in 1971, is a Chinese economist. He graduated from Hainan University and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and later studied at Harvard University. He has held positions at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and at Peking University HSBC Business School, and currently serves as dean of the China Institute for Development Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His work combines macroeconomic analysis with close attention to real-world problems, and his writing is problem-driven, translating economic concepts into language accessible to general readers. Three of his works are included here: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (expanded and updated edition) addresses globalization, while The Predicament of Imbalance and Macro Trends and Market Logic focus on economic imbalance and macroeconomic trends. His books fall mainly within finance and social science and are aimed at readers concerned with economic realities.