Ahn Dong-hyunThe author is a professor of economics at Seoul National University. During the first half of last year, an economic ministry held a meeting with experts at home and abroad on the future of economic outlook and policies. At the time, the growth rate of the first quarter was 1.1 percent, so the question was when the economy would rebound.
As I remained silent throughout the meeting, the hosting minister asked about my opinion. I told him that there was a problem with the participants invited to the discussion. I said that we would have been better off if he had invited semiconductor industry experts rather than economists.
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