... est rates went to zero (and in many cases below) in both nominal and real terms, the value of the bird in the hand (cash) evaporated. The hawk represents investors. As the yield on safe assets disappe ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-20
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealed what many had feared but were reluctant to admit: the continued failure to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions means that glob ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-20
... isks that were not yet clear. This was after Russia had begun to mass troops on Ukraine’s border, but before it had invaded. Now that Russia has launched its war of aggression, it has been almost tota ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-19
Do they know something we don’t? Fallen angels such as Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings and Meituan (collectively referred to as ATM) – with the first one causing 98 year-old Charlie Munger a reported ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-18
... outflows were legitimate only when a country was in the throes of a crisis, and that controls on inflows should be used only as a last resort when the country was experiencing a surge in foreign mone ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-18
So! Here comes another round of myth-busting. Prior to that, however, let’s be very clear here – I do not take issue with mentors and advisors working with students through the university application ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-17
... ting as a wee undergrad and climbing (I suppose) my way ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年05月17日
... he soft power of a place, but are also an important part of the economy. According to a report released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2018, the cu ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-16
... ral banks were forced by political leadership to defer policy normalization (a prerequisite for responding effectively to the next crisis) while the economy was strong in 2018. When the pandemic hit, ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-16
COVID-19 has taken at least 18 million lives, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don’t want to talk about the issue, because that could ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-13
... ncluded, “we cannot afford to have it scattered here or there among the fortunate ... Poverty, wherever it exists, is menacing to us all.” That message speaks across the ages. We are again facing glob ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-13
... to three weeks, if not longer. Interestingly, people who want to visit China these days might have to line up and pay to comply with the quarantine rules. Recently I came to notice two cases of my cl ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-12
... nt years. We expect the food & beverage industry to benefit the most from the reopening, as restaurants and catering outlets had more or less ceased activity in much of the world for so long. This ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-12
... ealth and well-being. As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, ecosystem damage can contribute significantly to a global public-health emergency. But scientists are also increasingly finding that ecologi ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-12
We need only look at the front-page news to see that companies are reassessing their business practices in areas ranging from preventing and addressing forced labor in their supply chains, reconsideri ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-11
I get a lot of enquiries these days about studying at Oxbridge. As someone who has spent 7 years at Oxford, starting as a wee undergrad and climbing (I suppose) my way through to the postgraduate stag ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-11
