... not bode well for global climate action. Making matters worse, poorly governed carbon-offset markets have enabled the rise of “carbon cowboys.” These carbon-credit dealers underpay the businesses and ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-03
There are few societies in which I am as conscious of my age, as in Hong Kong. “A twenty-five year old…”, “A youth academic”, “A youth writer”… So on and so forth, you get the gist and I get the drill ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-03
... whistleblower was awarded $200 million for helping to break open these cases. Now, the CFTC should turn its enforcement efforts to the reporting and potential manipulation of global oil prices. The sp ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-03
... s. Why do we lament the death of a relationship in face of adultery? Why would we not, quite simply, conclude decisively that the love undermined by infidelity “ain’t true love” – for the remover has ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-02
Five and nine are the two numbers to remember about the three-year-long pandemic in Hong Kong. Today finally marks the end of the mask mandate, known as the Prevention and Control of Disease (Wearing ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-01
... e how far we have already come in this tightening cycle. Developed markets’ central banks have embarked on one of the swiftest and sharpest tightening cycle ever. For example, if the Fed delivers what ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-01
... ter. What we need instead is targeted support, namely investments in sectors that are green and likely to promote resilience and competitiveness. The necessary resources must be mobilized quickly and ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-01
Today’s markets are among the most challenging we have seen in several decades, and the lack of visibility, contradictory indicators, and macroeconomic pressures have investors on edge. Global equitie ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-28
... he great twentieth-century philosopher Isaiah Berlin put it: “Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.” Or, put another way, freedom for some is unfreedom for others. In the United S ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-28
In January of this year, I witnessed the sweet results of my first steps which started some 30 years ago. In the 1990s, when I was studying for my doctor degree, I lived in a container in Cape D'Aguil ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-28
Our planet’s tightly woven, interconnected natural systems are vital to life and livelihoods. Yet with each passing season, we are witnessing the crushing realities of the climate crisis and biodivers ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-27
... Lately, however, a counter-movement seeking to prohibit financial institutions from following ESG guidelines has been gaining steam in the United States. To be sure, ESG warrants more than a little sk ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-27
The governments of Ireland and Portugal have closed the door on an emigration route popular with wealthy Chinese, by ending new applications for their Golden Visa programmes. Under the programmes in t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-27
... 的需要知道嗎(Do we really need to know)？」其餘兩名主審法官陳仲衡及李運騰，亦關注控 ...全文
... ok set to weather the storm at vast costs and damage to their own citizens, one would be forgiven for asking: what for? For what – were innocent lives squandered and laid to waste in trenches, tanks, ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-24
History is boring. We get it. I get it. Indeed, there’s a reason why certain politicians and goons enjoy piling on history – it’s because history is defenseless in face of the more exciting, animated, ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-23
