... remember, my temperament has been informed by a need to break free of social norms. When I first started exploring feminism as a tool for doing so, I thought of these norms as structural: patriarchy, ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-16
... his year. My own country, India, has made huge strides in renewables in recent years, becoming the third-largest renewables market in the world. With the government having set a target of net-zero emi ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-16
Spare a thought for Claudia Mo Man-ching, especially this Valentine’s Day. The former legislator has been remanded for nearly two years in the ongoing largest national security trial. What made it eve ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-15
... father in My Fair Lady, used to deliver a humorous Cockney monologue about the mourners at a funeral looking aghast at one of their number who wore brown boots:“But brahn boots!I ask yer... brahn boot ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-13
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), a regional macroeconomic surveillance organization, estimates that the ASEAN's economy could grow by 4.6% this year, down from 5.3% in 2022, but still ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
... hroughout my career, I have seen many examples of triumph against the odds – extraordinary accomplishments that often begin with a small group of individuals seeking to solve a problem. In the best ca ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
... hunt for my friend was also concluded last weekend with a two-bedroom unit at a good location on Hong Kong Island for a price tag well below HK$7 million. It is not a Snow White ending yet but the po ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
As if conditions weren’t gloomy enough in the United Kingdom, the International Monetary Fund recently downgraded the country’s growth forecast even as it offered a brighter outlook for the rest of th ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
My book on the economic history of the twentieth century, published last fall, did not include a chapter on the question of the future or “what we should do next,” because my frequent co-author, Steph ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
... ntrary to my considered opinion but for the sake of argument, that fear of disclosure of state secrets does justify restricting defence counsel to members of the local Bar. Logically, the prohibition ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
... the economy always to be in equilibrium – were effectively useless. And, second, those who confidently asserted that it would take five years of pain to wring inflation out of the system have already ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-30
... jest. In my view, the ideal educator’s success is determined neither by the volume of self-aggrandising and self-congratulatory rhetoric they churn out, nor by the amount of money earned by their stu ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
Last week I had lunch with my former instructor at graduate school who is a China expert. Naturally, I took the chance to ask questions on the thorniest geopolitical topic in Asia Pacific – whether Ch ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
