Argentina is about to enter another dysfunctional stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund – its 22nd SBA since it joined the IMF in 1956. While the details have not yet been settled, w ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-18
There are few better things to do during a self-imposed retreat amidst a pandemic, than to re-watch old movies with nostalgia. So that’s exactly what I did, a process that allowed me to re-visit the c ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
The 2019 Oscar-winning film Parasite attracted a global audience for its arresting portrayal of South Korea’s stark income inequality. The movie’s rendering of a low-income household’s acute sense of ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
... followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers th ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年02月17日
The charlatan preaching from the pulpit of devout followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers through a popular podcast – or, indeed, YouTube channel. The buffoon projecting his insecurities t ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
We don’t need to be climatologists to notice the extreme temperatures and frequent natural disasters in the news. With more extreme weathers on the rise, there is no surprise why the UN's Intergovernm ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
... ment model. Their Rio Declaration affirmed that “human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.” Tod ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-15
One in four consumers will continue to shop from foreign online stores, even after the pandemic, according to a recent Ipsos survey of 13,000 respondents across the world’s biggest eCommerce markets. ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
The Omicron outbreak is very severe. In early January, many people listed as close contacts were sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine. The blunders and hiccups of the quarantine camp have left many resi ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
The government of London has sent a “final termination notice” to the developer of the biggest Chinese real estate project in Britain. There has been no construction work on it since April 2019. In Ma ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
Imagine that a crisis emerges in your home, workplace, or community. You neither created it nor benefited from it. And yet, you are bearing the brunt of the consequences, while those who did create an ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-11
Last year, for the first time, Taiwan companies invested more in the 10 countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) than in China. These countries are setting up a new global supply li ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-10
China has puzzled me for quite some time now, not least because some of its biggest current challenges appear to be self-induced. I have been fascinated with the Chinese economy since I first visited ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-10
... n in China. These countries are setting up a new global ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年02月10日
In the history of modernity, the real sea change came in 1870, with what the Nobel laureate economist Simon Kuznets called “Modern Economic Growth.” Since then, humanity’s technological capabilities h ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-09
Ukraine’s Western friends claim that they are protecting the country by defending its right to join NATO. The opposite is true. In defending a theoretical right, they are jeopardizing Ukraine’s securi ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-09
We're in a COVID limbo. Before us is a fork – a fork th ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年02月09日
Although some supply shortages were anticipated as the global economy reopened after the COVID-19 lockdowns, they have proved more pervasive, and less transitory, than had been hoped. In a market econ ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-08
