Last month, I identified what I saw as the big issues of 2022, noting that I could not recall a time when there were so many sources of uncertainty, both known and unknown. The main issue was inflatio ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-17
Those who are disappointed by the inconclusive outcomes of the COP26 climate-change meeting, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent virtual summit, or efforts to achieve COVI ...More
EJ Insight2021-12-21
Recent headlines on rising inflation, property defaults in China and supply chain shortages have had investors ponder whether the market will be overshadowed by these concerns in 2022. As we look towa ...More
EJ Insight2021-12-15
With the calendar year drawing to a close, the parlor game of pretending to know what will happen in the next 12 months has begun. Yet when it comes to 2022 (and beyond), I am not sure whether it is w ...More
EJ Insight2021-12-10
It will soon be possible to give a digital identity to individual wild animals whose species are at risk of extinction. Currently, these animals’ only economic value is that of their processed body pa ...More
EJ Insight2021-12-03
As the latest wave of the pandemic recedes and the world adapts to living with COVID-19, pent-up demand in areas such as travel and entertainment should help sustain economic growth, paving the way fo ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-03
While a decade of economic stagnation followed the global financial crisis, it was an extraordinary time for corporate profits and shareholder returns. However, the policy response to the pandemic put ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-26
Last month, I lamented that the leaders of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) seem incapable of agreeing on coordinated policies that would benefit their own economie ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-15
Moves are afoot to replace or at least greatly weaken Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director since 2019. This is the same Georgieva whose excellent response to the p ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-04
In his keynote speech delivered at the seminar held in September on the Central Government's science and technology policies benefitting Hong Kong, Mr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-27
How will the global economy and markets evolve over the next year? There are four scenarios that could follow the “mild stagflation” of the last few months. The recovery in the first half of 2021 has ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-24
People have been using “exit” as a suffix for a decade or so. Grexit, referring to a potential Greek departure from the eurozone, was the first to emerge. Italexit made a brief appearance, and has rec ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-16
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Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties. Has US President Joe Biden’s administration risked overheating the economy with its ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-09
Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges of our time, so all responsible political leaders must offer long-term policies for confronting them effectively. We need clear st ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-20
Productivity growth changes everything. In advanced economies with a slowly growing labor force and already-large capital stock, it typically accounts for the majority of output growth. This means tha ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-11
The middle finger is the least functional of all five fingers. That’s what I have concluded. Some people use their forefinger to pick their nose. Others use their little finger. The middle finger is t ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-25
The middle finger is the least functional of all five f ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2021年03月25日
A recent comment from an established mainland Chinese a ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年03月17日
A recent comment from an established mainland Chinese academic caught my eye – in it, he decried the lack of virtuous patriots in Hong Kong, and lamented the fact that this city was filled to the brim ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-16
