Essentially, all politicians seek power, whether to use it for the good of their electorate or to advance their personal agenda. A political system that lacks the means to restrain or prevent the abus ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-28
In thinking about how we learn best, I have come to the (plausibly premature) view that learning is best conducted through a ‘T’ paradigm - one that combines the vertical strip (delving deeply into a ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-28
In the fall of 2021, monetary economists in the United States were sharply divided between those who believed that high inflation would be short-lived (Team Transitory) and those who insisted it was h ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-28
After a record year in 2022, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to a less successful 2023. It expects revenue this year to fall by 10 per cent year-on-year and its giant plan ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-27
... or energy to be used in the transformation of nature and the production of industrial and consumer goods. As the revolution matured in the twentieth century, hard physical labor was left to only a dwi ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-27
By now, most people have heard the demographic prediction that India has already—or is about to—become the world’s most populous nation. Its growth is eclipsing China’s, which has been the world’s lar ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-27
Are you going to Hong Kong Book Fair? Not for me this time because I am not in the city. But I was told sales was challenging because the book fair is notorious for its clearance outlet sales. It is n ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-26
China has made no secret of its aim to achieve food security. As the world’s biggest importer of a number of staples, including soybeans, corn and rice, its push to be self-sufficient has significant ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-26
... portional to people's personal income, and NITI Aayog, a government think tank, and the Asian Development Bank jointly published a study on urban development (“Indian Urban Studies”) last year, saying ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-25
If you are looking for an argument in West Africa, try asking which country serves the best jollof. While Senegalese can claim to have invented the popular rice-based dish, Nigerians, Ghanaians, and o ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-25
For decades, China set a shining example of how to capitalize on globalization to accelerate domestic economic growth and development. These days, however, the country risks becoming a cautionary tale ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-24
