Delegates from over 190 countries recently gathered in Lisbon for the United Nations Ocean Conference, the most important event on this issue this year. Opening the meeting, UN Secretary-General Antón ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-06
... f accommodation, how can we attract local and overseas high-quality talent to work in these industries? To top DSE achievers, studying medicine to become a doctor is the dominating choice in Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-06
When John Lee was sworn in as Chief Executive two months ago, he pledged to safeguard China’s “sovereignty, national security and development interests” as well as “to ensure prosperity and stability” ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-06
All around the world, central banks are exploring and experimenting with the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), with around 100 countries having launched projects related to the techno ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-05
... energy strategy. For years, EU energy policy has moved in fits and starts in response to unexpected problems, most of which were caused by Russia. For example, Russia cut off gas deliveries to Europe ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-05
In July, the government sent SMS messages to 240,000 people who had submitted valid claim requests for early withdrawal of their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) or benefits under occupational retiremen ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-05
A quick recap. We were last discussing the implications of the rise of AI – and the potential downside risks and dangers of such. We also dispelled relatively alarmist and uncaveated worries concernin ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-02
... almost re-attained the peak it reached in March 2020 amid the panic triggered by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, if one adjusts for inflation in the United States and its trading partners ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-02
... war, inflation, and climate change. And one of our best hopes of building a better world – the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – is looking increasingly unattainable. The SDGs are suppos ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-02
An air of pessimism about the future of the American economy pervades some official circles in the United States and elsewhere. It’s time to dispel it. The pessimists worry that a series of supply sho ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-01
On September 6, Basic Books is publishing Slouching Towards Utopia, my economic history of the “long twentieth century” from 1870 to 2010. It is past time, I argue, that we shift our understanding of ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-01
Artificial Intelligence – synthetic entities that possess ‘intelligence’, defined by some to denote the capacity to develop and adhere to complex commands, engage in some form of reasoning processes t ...More
EJ Insight2022-09-01
All curious minds wonder why Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s two-day visit to Guangzhou and Shenzhen starting today was cancelled and what it would mean for the widely anticipated border reopening ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-31
... EEZ), threatening fishing boats from the Japanese island of Yonaguni, which is just 68 miles (110 kilometers) from Taiwan. Although China’s military exercises ended after several days, a new precedent ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-31
As the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, recently acknowledged, poor public-health communication and messaging throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has damaged ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-31
Some data points over recent weeks fuelled hopes that the US economy could be stabilizing with inflation gradually converging towards the Fed’s target – a goldilocks scenario for equities. We would ca ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-31
We have grown accustomed to grim climate news. Despite scientists’ warnings and communities’ protests, catastrophic floods, record-breaking heatwaves, devastating wildfires, and famine-inducing drough ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-30
The bond market has literally gone up in flames after a decade of falling yields reversed in a matter of weeks. Starting with low yields, tight spreads and high equity multiples, changing fundamentals ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-30
