According to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently, global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping gree ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
... en helped by the wind, unlike in Hong Kong where I was told no one would want to come near a window because of the hot air. Hong Kong issued its first extreme heat warning yesterday as temperature sur ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
... d no less by prominent businesses looking for 'standout talents', and it's no wonder that undergraduates and postgraduates alike are expected to 'do it all', to ‘have it all’. these days. We are raise ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-31
... n people, by 2026. Even when economists strongly believe they have a solution to a problem, their proposals are often neglected in policy deliberations. Water scarcity is a prime example. Introductory ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... amplified by bots, algorithms, and economic incentives), the instability will only worsen in the foreseeable future. That could mean more frequent government shutdowns or more restrictions on central ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... happened: by June 2020, most Americans, including Sofia, were better off financially than they had been a year earlier. Three massive stimulus bills, starting with the CARES Act on March 27, 2020, bud ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
... rm caused by human-generated climate change. Solutions to postpone, minimize, or prevent such harm to vulnerable communities worldwide must also be human-generated. It is our collective responsibility ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
... ine (IPV) by treating the virus with formalin. Around the same time, Albert Sabin was developing an oral polio vaccine (OPV), which uses attenuated (weakened) mutant strains that stimulate antibody pr ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
... is driven by bad loans and poor credit underwriting, whereas the current crisis is a balance sheet crisis driven by an asset-liability mismatch. However, I believe that the banking sector turmoil will ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
... ravelling by bus is his favourite because he can stop in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung or different parts of the west side of Kowloon for a different cultural adventure. “Next time take a bus to Hong Kong. It ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... and older by 2050. To tackle the ageing problem, health technologies such as wearable smart devices that help people monitor their health conditions to track vitals, such as blood pressure, heartbeat ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... et united by a fervent intellectual rigour and curiosity that few could match. Learning their histories and biographies may nevertheless grant us a glimpse into their minds’ inner workings, and thus p ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... ns caused by climate change, a global economic downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in income distribution fueled by technological developments and globalized competition. The unique geographi ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
... till drop by an additional 10-15% from their current levels. The market has been relatively dry, with sellers having little incentive to sell and transactions occurring primarily at the upper end of t ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
How should we come to understand success? There exists a plethora of metrics out there. One’s wealth and net worth, tracked approximately by one’s income and occupational class. One’s so-called ‘socia ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
... f workers by up to 30 per cent. Semi-conductor firms are short of 200,000 people, as are companies in AI. China is educating more students in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) than any ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-22
