Economists across the political spectrum have long advocated an increase in infrastructure investment in the United States. Now, Congress is debating infrastructure spending packages that would secure ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-10
Shang-Chi (played by Simu Liu in this enthralling, ambitious debut) is, in many ways, an uncharacteristic Marvel/Hollywood superhero. He is not white – for starters (obviously); though with the increa ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-09
This year includes big anniversaries in the history of the international monetary order. August 15 marked 50 years since US President Richard Nixon “closed the gold window”; and on September 21, it wi ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-09
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were a horrific shock. Images of trapped victims leaping from the Twin Towers are indelible, and the intrusive security measures introduced in the wake of ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-08
The regulatory crackdown on China’s online education sector in August has triggered concerns that other industries could also come under the government’s radar. This has caused a sell-off in Chinese e ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-07
With the United States’ disastrous exit from Afghanistan, the parallels between the 2020s and the 1970s just keep growing. Has a sustained period of high inflation just become much more likely? Until ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-06
Quoting a global study, the Department of Health pointed out that there are an estimated 13.7 million new cases of stroke around the world every year. The number of cases has been rising in recent yea ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-06
Under Beijing’s latest five-year development plan, Hong Kong is earmarked to be China’s centre of international legal and dispute resolution services for the Asia-Pacific. The inaugural Guangdong-Hong ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-06
... agreements. It may amount to an international crime. The last time a new international criminal offense was introduced was after World War II. The Nuremberg and Tokyo Charters added crimes against hum ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-03
... verheating. Compounding the problem, medium-term negative supply shocks will reduce potential growth and increase production costs. Combined, these demand and supply dynamics could lead to 1970s-style ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-03
... generally. Growing disenchantment with social media has led to growing demands for regulation. The pressure is now great enough that Facebook, fearful of being shackled by the state, has sought to le ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-02
In 1987, Alan Greenspan was appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan to chair the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors, succeeding Paul Volcker. Eight years later, President Bill Clinton, a De ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-02
Hong Kong is lucky to be virtually Covid-free in the last two months, yet Hong Kong people are unlucky because they are restricted in their travel and social gatherings. That is different from most pa ...More
EJ Insight2021-09-01
... ic outlook. While we shouldn’t completely dismiss these signals, we are not overly concerned, for three reasons: First of all, real-time economic data need to be treated with caution. For one, these i ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-31
We live in an age of systemic gridlock, policy chaos, and sudden-shock failures. How is it possible that Afghan security forces – built and trained by the United States military at a cost of $83 billi ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-31
Asia’s booming economic growth and prosperity of the past few decades has produced countless wealthy individuals and families. According to Capgemini’s 2021 World Wealth Report, the number of high-net ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-31
... July 2021. The vaccine is believed to have relatively fewer side effects. With $20 million of government subsidy, the research involved about 100 volunteers and took place at the HKU Clinical Trials ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-31
