Completing primary school in Niger was never a certainty for Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama, given all the obstacles that stood in her way. "It was hard to study," she recalls. "We sat on the ground – sometime ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
One positive outcome of the trade tensions of recent years is a renewed interest in understanding how trade actually works, in terms of aggregate gains, distributional effects, adjustment costs, and o ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
For the last few years, the global economy has been oscillating between periods of acceleration (when growth is positive and strengthening) and periods of deceleration (when growth is positive but wea ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
“Where is your toilet?” This is often the first question I ask when I visit the site of a cholera outbreak anywhere in the world. More often than not, the answer is: “We don’t have one. We go wherever ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
Efficient movement of people is crucial for any society. When transportation networks function well, they drive economic development and literally bring people together. But in many parts of the world ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin the biggest bubble in the world today, or a great investment bet on the cutting edge of new-age financial technology? My best guess is that in the long run, the technolog ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
After a season of record-breaking hurricanes in the United States and floods across Asia, it would be easy to despair about the accelerating pace of climate change. Yet, despite the apocalyptic omens, ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
After a tumultuous year, politics seem to be stabilizing across Europe. Though the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gained almost 13 percent of the vote in Germany’s recent federal election ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
在經歷了動盪的一年後，歐洲政壇似乎開始穩定下來。儘管極右翼的德國另類選擇黨（AfD）在最近的德國聯邦選舉中贏得 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Kemal Derviş2017年10月09日
美國總統特朗普的政府和國會共和黨多數「取消和取代」2010年平價醫療法（奧巴馬醫保）失敗，現在，他們轉向了稅收 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Joseph E. Stiglitz2017年10月07日
Earlier this month, Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warned that Africa would continue to be stalked by poverty, hunger, and famine until governments provide sma ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
Having failed to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), US President Donald Trump’s administration and the Republican congressional majority have now moved on to tax reform. Ei ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
Deeply rooted, credible, accountable, and effective institutions have long been deemed crucial for a society’s lasting wellbeing and prosperity. They shield countries from frequent and unsettling vola ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
This weekend, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, from an overlooking hotel, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 others. Paddock, a 64-year- ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-04
There is no doubt about it: the outcome of Germany’s recent federal election is as important as it is remarkable. The parties that have dominated German politics for years – the Social Democrats (SPD) ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-04
Few pieces of modern hardware have inspired as much excitement as the drone. While non-military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were initially marketed as purely recreational gadgets, it has not taken ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-03
幾乎沒有哪種現代硬體能像無人機那樣令人們興奮異常。雖然非軍用無人機（UAVs）最初被當作純粹的娛樂用品上市銷售 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Carlo Ratti2017年10月02日
Fifteen years after George W. Bush declared that Iraq, Iran, and North Korea formed “an axis of evil,” Donald Trump, in his maiden address to the United Nations, denounced Iran and North Korea in simi ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-29
During most of 2017, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) has been at the lowest levels of the last decade. Recently, the VIX dipped below nine, even lower than in March 2007, jus ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-26
Next month, when finance ministers and central bank governors from more than 180 countries gather in Washington, DC, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
