On June 8, leaders from the largest advanced economies will gather for the annual G7 summit to discuss the most pressing challenges the world faces. Most of the items on the agenda – from climate cha ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-06
The possibility of a populist, euroskeptic government coming to power in Italy has focused investors’ minds like few other events this year. The yield differential, or spread, between Italian and Ge ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-04
The world economy and international system are now characterized not only by deep interconnectedness, but also by intensifying geopolitical rivalries. For China, the situation is complicated further b ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-30
Just days ago, the planned summit in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seemed to be hanging by a thread. Talks are still on track, but the North Koreans h ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-24
There can no longer be any doubt that “America First” means precisely that. In abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump rejected the advice of allies and showed an utter disreg ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-21
最近筆者收到一所哈薩克的大學邀請出任校長。該大學的教研集中於商業、經濟、法律範疇,其教學方式雖然嚴謹,但相當狹 ...全文
Europe has a decision to make. It can stand by as nationalism and authoritarianism flourish from the United States (with Donald Trump’s “America First” approach) to China (which is moving from a singl ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-17
The United Kingdom ranks around 22nd among countries in terms of population. Its economy is somewhere between the fifth- and seventh-largest in the world in terms of nominal GDP (in US dollars), which ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-17
Initial coin offerings have become the most common way to finance cryptocurrency ventures, of which there are now nearly 1,600 and rising. In exchange for your dollars, pounds, euros, or other curren ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-11
特朗普的美國總統生涯幾乎完全置常規制度規範於不顧,如何解釋他絕對合理的聯儲局理事會任命?最新提名人、哥倫比亞大 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Kenneth Rogoff2018年05月11日
Since the April 27 summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un, US President Donald Trump has sought, unsurprisingly, to portray himself as the maste ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
For policymakers anywhere, the best way to make decisions is to base them on evidence, however imperfect the available data may be. But what should leaders do when facts are scarce or non-existent? ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
As the risk of a US-China trade war mounts, creating a geopolitically neutral and fair monetary system has become increasingly urgent. The shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order has not bee ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-30
英美法3國聯軍發射過百枚導彈夷平敍利亞3座化武設施後,美國總統特朗普在Twitter上說,這次任務完成得很完美 ...全文
In 2015, United Nations member states came together and committed to achieving a comprehensive and universal set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) spanning all dimensions of economic and soci ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-25
On a recent holiday in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, I couldn’t resist thinking about these countries’ economic potential and ongoing policy challenges. After all, in 2005, my Goldman Sachs colleagues ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-23
幾乎每周都會傳出新的反面烏托邦寓言,預測會爆發由技術導致的大規模失業現象。隨着人工智能(AI)和機械人技術進步 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Laura Tyson Lenny Mendonca2018年04月23日
印度──太平洋地區的安全形勢日新月異。這個區域不但有全球增長速度最快的經濟體,亦有全球最快的軍費和海軍戰鬥力增 ...全文
A decade after the global financial crisis, policymakers worldwide are still assessing how best to prevent bank failures from tanking the economy again. Two recent publications – one from the US Depar ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-18
Before the threat of a US-China trade war arose, surging stock markets and corporate profits had obscured the fact that the global economic system is under existential stress. Global financial stabili ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-17