... led. What makes a nation, then? Benedict Anderson posits that the answer rests with ‘imagined communities’. Ernest Gellner envisions the nation to be a unit that could be both pre-political and a-poli ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-04
... at’s what makes this city tick, surely. Such is the way of life. Moreover, what does cultural preservation even mean? Does it mean lavishing a bizarrely large sum of money on ineffectual projects that ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-24
... at's what makes this city tick, surely. Such is the way ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年06月24日
... are doing makes me deeply ashamed, not proud of the United Kingdom. I love the country but could not, in all conscience, fight to defend its current government. Does this mean that I am not a patriot? ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-23
... e of this makes sense. Why not home quarantine? Why not remove quarantine for triple-jabbed visitors? Why not embrace a pragmatic mix of pro-wellbeing measures, which factor into consideration the eco ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-22
... subsidies makes clear – is “do what I say, not what I do.” Especially after the Trump years, America no longer holds any claim to the moral high ground, nor does it have the credibility to dispense ad ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-20
... All this makes such a deterioration of relations more probable, with the EU and China being on opposite sides. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-20
... nt crises makes an even stronger case for a new framework. Greater frequency of extreme weather events, such as flooding and droughts, heighten the risk of infectious and water-borne diseases. Rising ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-17
... n warfare makes a difference. As RAND’s John Arquilla pointed out two decades ago, the outcomes of modern warfare depend not only on whose army wins, but also on “whose story wins.” America’s careful ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-17
... Fed never makes larger moves. Moreover, the Fed must conduct monetary policy with the tools and procedures that it has. If it raises its policy rate by only 0-25 bps this week, even though it wants th ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-15
... law that makes it an offence for a protestor to raise his or her voice loud enough simply to annoy someone else? How much value, if any, can one put on a man who would break an international agreemen ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-10
... oach that makes it easier for people to access goods and services when and where they’re needed. From a business point of view, embedded finance not only generates more sales but also provides insight ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-09
... ice, this makes the information virtually inaccessible to poor-country authorities under most circumstances. But isn’t this just crypto fulfilling its promise of helping citizens bypass corrupt, ineff ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-08
... n, London makes doing global business easy. For example, its time zone allows businesses to connect with Asia in the morning and the Americas in the afternoon. The city can be used as a connecting sto ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-07
... eople. It makes no sense that a high school teenager cannot legally drink alcohol or smoke but can legally buy guns. The May 24 school massacre in the small town of Uvalde, Texas was just the latest i ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-03
... eople. It makes no sense that a high school teenager ca ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2022年06月03日
... hing that makes a difference to Planet Earth. Give Net Zero a try. The United Nations (UN) is calling on businesses to commit to science-based targets that will limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-02
... tand what makes young people tick. With the last two years keeping most of the world’s population at home during the pandemic, now more than ever there is a notable shift in consumer behaviour whereby ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-02
... his which makes any judicial divergence from the letter of the NSL superfluous. That said, many of the provisions of the NSL are as nebulous as a passing cloud and would lend themselves to interpretat ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-30
... ngle shot makes it well-suited to the logistical and capacity constraints of many poorer countries, and it is the vaccine of choice across much of the continent. Moreover, data from South Africa, wher ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-27
