European voters, looking at Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency in the United States and the hard road ahead for a post-Brexit Britain, may be turning away from right-wing populists such as Marine Le Pe ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
It has been almost a decade since the 2008 financial crisis, and the confrontational politics that emerged in its aftermath remain ubiquitous in the West. But despite similarities between the United S ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
今天，在冷戰落幕了四分一個世紀之後，西方和俄羅斯又再次爆發了衝突。但這一次，至少在一方面，衝突更加明確地涉及地 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Joseph E. Stiglitz2017年04月06日
US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and well-being of ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers recently took exception to current US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s views on artificial intelligence (AI) and related topics. The difference between the ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
US President Donald Trump’s domestic economic agenda suffered a major setback last week, when the House Republican leadership decided to withdraw their hastily drafted bill to repeal and replace the A ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
Legend holds that King Canute brought his flatterers to the sea to show them that even a king could not command the ocean waves, that the laws of nature are more powerful than the decrees of men. So p ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
The relationship between business, politics and the environment is about to become more complicated. As US President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to dismantle vital environmental protection ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
One of the most cited statistics about China may well be the number of Chinese who have been lifted out of poverty over the last 35 years. At over 800 million, it is a huge number – and an extraordina ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-29
On March 27, the United Nations will start negotiations on an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons. It will be a milestone marking the beginning of the end of an age of existential peril for hu ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is hemmed in on all sides. Domestically, he is trapped between the promises he has made (such as the “Mnuchin rule” that taxes wouldn’t be cut for the rich), the a ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Last week, Dutch voters dealt a blow to far-right populism in their country’s general election. With the Euroskeptic, anti-immigration Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, having managed to ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
Humankind has always had a tricky relationship with forests. We depend on them to regulate the climate and rainfall, clean our air and water, sustain myriad species of plants and animals and support t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
即將在荷蘭、法國、德國舉行的大選，或會成為歐盟成立以來，政治氛圍最熾熱的幾場選舉。二戰後建立的自由民主秩序固然 ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plusGuy Verhofstadt2017年03月11日
When a young girl is pushed into marriage, the damage can last long after her wedding day. Research shows that girls who marry before the age of 18 receive less schooling than those who marry later, f ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
Today, the world’s population is, on average, about 20 times richer than it was during the long Agrarian Age. Between 7000 BC and AD 1500, resources were scarce, technological progress was slow, and M ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
The United States may be about to implement a border adjustment tax. The Republican Party, now in control of the legislative and executive branches, views a BAT – which would effectively subsidize US ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
In early 2007, the worst financial crisis in almost 80 years began to unfold, coming to a head 18 months later with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and shock waves felt around the world. Desperate gov ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
In barely a month, US President Donald Trump has managed to spread chaos and uncertainty -- and a degree of fear that would make any terrorist proud -- at a dizzying pace. Not surprisingly, citizens a ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-21
