Even before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the United States and other developed economies, trust in capitalism had eroded around the world, particularly among young people. In 2019, when unemployment ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-18
For most people, the #MeToo movement has become synonymous with campaigns against sexual harassment. The movement – which went viral in October 2017 – undoubtedly mobilized women and spurred positive ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-15
With the Democrats’ stunning sweep of Georgia’s two Senate run-off elections handing them control of both houses of Congress as of January 20, the idea of $2,000 stimulus checks for every household is ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-14
Most Europeans are happy that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. Whether they realize that Biden’s economic policies will put the euro and Europe in a bind is another matter. T ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-11
When people stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, their purpose was to free inmates whom they saw as political prisoners of the monarchy. And when Frenchwomen marched from Paris to Versaille ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-11
With COVID-19 vaccinations underway in some countries and efforts to expand access still ongoing, world leaders will soon shift their attention from crisis response to pandemic recovery. Governments h ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-08
With US President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration promising a fresh, rational approach to climate change, now is an ideal time to make the case for a World Carbon Bank that would transfer an ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-07
As the United States prepares for a radical course-correction on climate change, China is raising its game. Climate action has become yet another front in the competition between the world’s two large ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-06
Political systems live on competition. Political incumbents and aspirants are constantly claiming that they can manage problems better than their rivals can. Modern wars of ideas, political projects, ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-06
The year 2020 was a harrowing one, with the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide economic reversals, widespread climate-related disasters, pervasive social unrest, and even US President Donald Trump’s phony c ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-05
The development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after the start of the pandemic is a truly remarkable achievement, offering hope that the end of this devastating ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-05
There is so much to celebrate with the new year. The arrival of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines means that there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel (though the next few months will be horrif ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-04
In the brilliant and hugely successful 2020 Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, the chess prodigy Beth Harmon (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) polishes off her male opponents with style and speed. Becau ...More
EJ Insight2021-01-04
Relations between the United States and China are at perhaps their lowest ebb since they were normalized in 1979. Yet, when it comes to finance, competition is only part of the story. While the US gov ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-31
American capitalism is not serving most Americans. While educated elites live longer and more prosperous lives, less-educated Americans – two-thirds of the population – are dying younger and strugglin ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-29
Hong Kong has entered the fourth wave of pandemic. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases around the world is close to 80 million, with the death toll exceeding 1.7 million. Countries are entering a ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-28
Very few of the people who voted for US President Donald Trump in the 2020 election are plutocrats who benefited from his and congressional Republicans’ tax cut, or even wannabe plutocrats who can hop ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-28
Industry 4.0 is transforming supply chains and how companies order new products and services. Gartner has predicted that by 2023, 50% of large global companies will use automated tools in their supply ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-28
Less than 12 months ago, private-sector leaders came together at the World Economic Forum with a sense of optimism and a series of new commitments to re-energize the fight against climate change. Ambi ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-24
As the European Commission’s recent Digital Services Act demonstrates, lawmakers around the world are scrambling, with good reason, to address the extremism, disinformation, and manipulation that have ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-23
