As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on “resolutions,” and more specifically, what it takes for an individual or a society to be resolute in a world of endless challenges and obstacles. ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Hong Kong has been stunned by the suicide in London of a talented graduate who emigrated to the UK in April last year with a BNO passport and worked in a charity. A coroner’s court in late January rul ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
... emigrated to the UK in April last year with a BNO passp ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年02月09日
Is Hong Kong back on track after a month of reopening? Yes, spring returns, and things are looking better. There are more people asking for street directions in Putonghua but they are not lining up ou ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
The US Federal Reserve is being dangerously complacent about climate change. While it understandably does not want to take the lead on an issue that remains so politically polarizing in the United Sta ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
... cast in October 2022. If anything, a stronger global economy should benefit the UK, too. Discussions about the UK’s never-ending gloom tend to ignore two trends that may be suggestive of a pleasant su ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives whil ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
The protracted war between Russia and Ukraine has led to a surge in global energy prices. Hong Kong’s two power firms have increased the tariffs by around 5 and 6 per cent starting this year, citing t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
The COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by supply-chain disruptions and surging inflation, has highlighted the fragilities of Africa’s food systems, leading to a 60% increase in hunger across the continent ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
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
... will rise to 2% of GDP – twice the 1% level that has prevailed since 1976 – and a new National Security Strategy lays out all the diplomatic, economic, technological, and military instruments that Jap ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
... threatens to ruin everything with a fight over the federal debt ceiling. To understand what is at stake in Ukraine, think about a scenario in which Russia “wins,” in the sense that it keeps some or al ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-03
A movie that moved me as much as it impressed, that dazzled with its spectacular theatre whilst allowing us to dote on its finer details. A story about a migrant family; a story about all of us. A tal ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-03
A few months back I sat down with a couple of friends from a leading university in Hong Kong – and we had a terrific, electrifying chat about how we could bring Effective Altruism (EA) to the city. Ma ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-03
