Ideas That Academics Don’t Get “The best slides are those that are meaningless without the narration (i.e., without you, the speaker).” “Sorry I missed your talk. I heard it was really good. Can you send me the Powerpoints?” Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditWhatsAppEmailPrint Published by Danny Quah I am Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. I work on economic principles for world order and on empirics for a shifting global economy. View all posts by Danny Quah