Marco Carrasco Villanueva
Marco Carrasco Villanueva is a Peruvian economist specialized in Asia-Pacific Economies (China and Japan) and Behavioral Economics. Economist graduated from the University of San Marcos (Peru), Master of Research in Economics and Psychology from the University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne (France), Young Sinologist from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (China). Disciple of Professor Carlos Aquino, and one of the founding members of the ASIA Group. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, pursuing postgraduate studies in International Development at Harvard University (United States).
Last updated September 2019
Stories from This Author
Cynthia: A thousand cranes, a cherry blossom and the transience of life
Oct. 9, 2019 • Marco Carrasco Villanueva
Since I can remember, like everyone who was born in Peru in the nineties, Japan has been very present in my life. How can I forget the first time I tuned in and watched Dragon Ball or Saint Seiya for the first time, or even Dekirukana or Puppet Theater . Being born and living in Jesús María, near the Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center, also made me very excited since I was little to learn more about this interesting culture. However, …
