... supported by top-down spending on infrastructure, education and health, from a government that has the fiscal capacity to support this spending. Radical wealth redistribution or some kind of welfare s ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-15
... l to pass by the increasingly taunt standards of the kangaroo courts. Long live mendacity! Call me a conservative (I truly ain’t) – but I’m of the view that it is high time for scholars to fight back. ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-15
... impacted by the virus. The problem is that SDRs are allocated according to countries’ quotas, or automatic borrowing rights, within the IMF, and the quota formula depends heavily on countries’ aggreg ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-15
... 依法治國（rule by law）（引用1997年後香港居民在內地所生子女居留權的案例）；香港的價值因為與中國 ...全文
If you want to understand policy choices, it is said, “follow the money.” Inspired by that advice, we at The Nature Conservancy (in partnership with the Paulson Institute and the Cornell Atkinson Cent ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-14
... released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, modelling on the potential impacts of a major flood in Paris, found that 30% to 55% of the direct flood damages would be inflict ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-14
... inhabited by wolves and bandits. For centuries, Dutch engineers attempted to reclaim lands across the continent, but consistently failed to achieve permanent security. At the time, Qing China had acqu ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-13
... displaced by savage storms and intolerable temperatures, and rising sea levels and unstable agricultural production threaten to destroy millions of jobs. These costs are no longer theoretical or far o ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-13
... submitted by the government, calls for a total ban on alternative smoking products, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs) and herbal cigarettes. It was first submitted in 2019. It wen ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-13
Shang-Chi (played by Simu Liu in this enthralling, ambi ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年09月11日
... ct (IIJA) by a large majority. The bill now must pass the House of Representatives, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi has secured an agreement for a vote by the end of September. Approval looks likely but is ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-10
... governed by responsible, mostly moderate men. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah were nothing like the Taliban. Both were widely regarded as legitimate leaders – and still there was a civil war ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-10
... n promise by hosting another virtual gathering, dubbed a Summit for Democracy. Although details have yet to be released, the meeting will focus on “defending against authoritarianism, fighting corrupt ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-10
... urrounded by deserts, then sooner or later, the 'oasis' ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2021年09月10日
Shang-Chi (played by Simu Liu in this enthralling, ambitious debut) is, in many ways, an uncharacteristic Marvel/Hollywood superhero. He is not white – for starters (obviously); though with the increa ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-09
... sustained by the expectation that even if it was suspended in times of war, the end of hostilities would allow the currency to return to its pre-war gold value. That promise of a constant gold value p ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-09
... urrounded by deserts, then sooner or later, the ‘oasis’ will be desertified. China-U.S. cooperation on climate change cannot be divorced from the overall situation of China-U.S. relations.” According ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-09
