We have long known that the accumulation of plastic in the world’s landfills and oceans represents a growing environmental risk. More recently, we have come to understand that plastic poses an urgent ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-07
European Council President Donald Tusk recently sparked controversy by saying there is a “special place in hell” for those who advocated Brexit “without a plan”. To angry Brexiteers, the statement epi ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
Just as the US Federal Reserve seems to have beaten back blistering tweets from President Donald Trump, the next battle for central bank independence is already unfolding. And this one could potential ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
That morning ritual loved by millions, a simple cup of coffee, may one day be a thing of the past. New research shows that 60 percent of the world’s 124 species of wild coffee face a mounting threat o ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
在上月召開的瑞士達沃斯世界經濟論壇(WEF)年會上,有關對自然界威脅不斷增加同時對人類貢獻的證據所受的關注,比 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Robert Watson2019年03月04日
1971年的馬德里,南斯拉夫總統鐵托(Josip Broz Tito)、摩納哥王子雷尼爾(Rainier)和王 ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plus 彙編選輯索拉納(Javier Solana)2019年03月02日
Just when poverty-reduction efforts around the world were already slowing, recent forecasts indicate that the global economy is heading into a period of deepening uncertainty. That makes measures to b ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Trade negotiations between the United States and China are closing in on the March 1 deadline, after which the bilateral tariff war will resume – beginning with an increase from 10 percent to 25 per ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
At the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos last month, the evidence of mounting threats to nature, and of nature’s contributions to people, featured higher on the agenda than ever bef ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
委內瑞拉的連串問題無法不通過政權更替來解決。而委國的政權更替過程大有可能在2019年1月10日後起步,因為從當 ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plus 彙編選輯侯斯文(Ricardo Hausmann)2019年02月16日
As the Brexit train lurches forward with no clear direction, it is useful to look back at another dramatic episode in European Union politics for possible guidance: the Grexit that never happened. Alt ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-15
In the last few years, globalization has come under renewed attack. Some of the criticisms may be misplaced, but one is spot on: globalization has enabled large multinationals, like Apple, Google, and ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-14
After the synchronized global economic expansion of 2017 came the asynchronous growth of 2018, when most countries other than the United States started to experience slowdowns. Worries about US inflat ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
When I participated in the Chatham House/Daiwa Research Institute conference on the post-Brexit Japan-UK relationship in Tokyo last month, it was my first visit back to Japan since my departure from G ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
Should the United Kingdom go through with its withdrawal from the European Union, one of the most severe unintended consequences will probably be the exodus of a significant share of top professionals ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
Earlier this month, Jim Yong Kim abruptly resigned from his post as World Bank president, leaving a pillar of the international financial order without leadership or direction. Kim will join a private ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-01
With the European Central Bank having recently ended quantitative easing (QE), this is an appropriate time to reflect on the policy’s impact. Three conclusions seem obvious: the ECB’s asset purchases ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-01
Last Friday, a wave of relief spread across the United States. A completely pointless and highly damaging partial government shutdown was over. Unfortunately, what we learned from the episode was extr ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-01
Why has Germany, the land of history-making innovators like Johannes Gutenberg and Albert Einstein, not produced high-tech giants like Google, Amazon, or Facebook? Some blame the stigma associated wi ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-31
Even before the 2008 global financial crisis laid bare the limits of China’s export-oriented growth model, the country’s leaders were stressing the need for quality growth. In 2007, then-Premier Wen ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-30