‘Listening to economists is harmful’: Sridhar Vembu shares lessons from Trump’s H-1B shock

Zoho cofounder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu has supported the opinion of Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, that a country needs to strengthen its manufacturing base across sectors if it wants to maintain sovereignty and leadership in critical areas. While Collison made the point in the context of the US, Vembu criticised economists who downplay the importance of manufacturing, saying, “Listening to academic economists in these matters is harmful for national wealth and well-being.”