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
Hong Kong is gradually on road to normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic but it is difficult for the economy to regain momentum. At a time when people are uncertain about the prospects, the opinion of ou ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-02
... a timely token for the digital payments industry. Yet, in the midst of the Lunar New Year celebrations, we find ourselves facing a challenging landscape. Inflation is rising rapidly, Singapore, for e ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-02
Many of those who attended this year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos were struck by the jubilant mood of the CEOs in attendance. It was hard to reconcile the optimism of these business ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-02
One critically important element in Hong Kong’s Basic Law is expressed in Article 12 (1) ‘that any person under investigation for the commission of an offence shall have the right to…have competent an ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
Call it the little blossoming spring, as the local saying goes. From Sun Hung Kai Properties to its rivals to agents such as Centaline, all honchos would say the property market would go up between fi ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
Technology will save us! No, it won’t! Whenever the climate-policy debate addresses specific economic sectors, potential carbon-abatement technologies, or energy strategy, the same fundamental questio ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
Our world has become both confusing and confused. The international economy works well, but the political economy is mired in hostility toward markets, frustration at globalization, and skepticism abo ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
