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Sunday 10/February/2019 14:42 PM

The good jobs challenge

Around the world today, the central challenge for achieving inclusive economic prosperity is the creation of sufficient numbers of “good jobs.” Without...

Sunday 10/February/2019 14:24 PM

The UK’s suicidal tendencies

Watching a sophisticated democratic society knowingly walk into a predictable and avoidable national disaster is a rare and alarming experience. Most...

Saturday 09/February/2019 15:23 PM

China’s difficult balancing act

After a long period of investment-driven growth, China is finally changing its policy playbook. Having recognized the costs of relying on excessive credit...

Saturday 09/February/2019 15:07 PM

Why Brexit will damage Europe

The clock is ticking toward March 29 and the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Whether Brexit turns out to be “soft” or “hard,” the...

Saturday 09/February/2019 14:46 PM

The sorry state of the world economy

January is traditionally a time for assessing the developments of the previous year, in order to anticipate what the new one has in store. Unfortunately,...

Wednesday 06/February/2019 15:24 PM

What is Xi Jinping thought?

In October 2017, at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC enshrined in its constitution a new political doctrine: “Xi...

Wednesday 06/February/2019 15:04 PM

How Germany lost its Einsteins

Why has Germany, the land of history-making innovators like Johannes Gutenberg and Albert Einstein, not produced high-tech giants like Google, Amazon, or...

Wednesday 06/February/2019 14:46 PM

Reimagining Davos

I do not attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. But my sense is that, as in previous years, this year’s participants ended up...

Wednesday 06/February/2019 14:28 PM

How EU leaders can prevent a no-deal Brexit

Has British Prime Minister Theresa May outmanoeuvered all her opponents? By defeating Parliament’s effort to rule out a disorderly “no-deal” rupture...

Tuesday 05/February/2019 15:32 PM

Two cheers for population decline

Since China abolished its one-child policy on January 1, 2016, annual births, after a temporary increase to 17.86 million that year, have actually fallen,...