Under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019. Presuming that it does (but even if it does not), the UK government should continue to l ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-05
一般相信，自由貿易將令民眾普遍受惠，但現實上當貿易變得更自由時，不平等的現象便會惡化；其中一個原因是現行的全球 ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plus 信觀點Jayati Ghosh2018年11月03日
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is rapidly unraveling. The "Chequers plan" upon which British Prime Minister Theresa May has based her negotiating strategy is dead on arrival. ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
Far from settling the question of the United Kingdom’s future, the 2016 Brexit referendum and subsequent negotiations with the European Union have triggered a full-blown identity crisis and culture wa ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-01
Trade tariffs may be getting the most attention, but the conflict between the United States and China is actually being fought on multiple fronts, including exchange rates, technology, cyberspace, and ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
A common misperception among observers of digital trends is that consumers in developing countries do not benefit from advances in technology. Whether it is owning the latest smartphone or "employing" ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This aphorism, often attributed to Albert Einstein, seems to be the inspiration for US President Donald Trump’s ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-29
儘管早前傳出英歐雙方就脫歐具體問題幾近達成共識，但上星期的歐洲理事會會議，歐盟27國均認同談判仍未有足夠進展， ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plus 環地視野陳偉信2018年10月27日
It is easy to assume that access to the digital economy is ubiquitous, and that online shopping is the natural evolution of commerce. For example, in July, Amazon sold more than 100 million products t ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-24
Nearly 50 years ago, the Club of Rome’s report Limits to Growth warned that if economic growth continued apace without regard for the environment, the world could face ecological and economic collapse ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-18
Despite political turmoil and emerging risks at the global level, the eurozone has had two years of strong economic growth, at least by its own historically disappointing standards – and even with t ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-18
With the value of Bitcoin having fallen by around 70 percent since its peak late last year, the mother of all bubbles has now gone bust. More generally, cryptocurrencies have entered a not-so-cryptic ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-16
All eyes are on the United States as November’s Congressional elections approach. The outcome will answer many alarming questions raised two years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidential election. ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
US President Donald Trump acts as if he has pulled off a smashing victory by replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – supposedly “the worst trade deal ever” – with the new United St ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
In the surprise hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians” (based on a 2013 Kevin Kwan novel), a New York University economics professor (Rachel), travels with her boyfriend to Singapore to meet his family. There, ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
To watch the debate play out in America’s news media, it would seem that the opposite of “America First” is American interventionism: a chronic penchant for leaping, to no apparent end, into wars of c ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
Since World War II’s end, trade has grown 50 percent faster than global GDP, owing largely to successive rounds of liberalization under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (previously the Gen ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body tasked with providing scientific evidence and consensus on climate change and its implications for decision-makers and the ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
Populist leaders have long made gains by posing as the alternative to a “corrupt elite” that enriches itself at the expense of “the people”. According to the populists, only they can restore decency t ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-05
