US President-elect Donald Trump should have a relatively clear road ahead at home for the implementation of his economic program: with Republicans holding majorities in both houses of Congress, he see ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
An economic development revolution lies literally in the palm of a single hand. As mobile phones and digital technologies rapidly spread around the world, their implications for economic development, ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has exacted a massive toll in human lives and welfare. The need to build ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
隨着美國總統選舉結束,外界擔心國際社會對抗氣候變化的努力,例如去年達成的《巴黎協議》、聯合國的「可持續發展目標 ...全文
今日信報EJ GlobalEJ GLOBAL plus 信觀點Bo Lidegaard2016年12月10日
After years of hibernation, will the US economy rouse itself for a big comeback over the next couple of years? With an incoming Republican administration hell-bent on reflating an economy already near ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
Nearly 40 years ago, when I visited Moscow for the first time, my initial reaction was surprise. The hotels and restaurants were so poorly run that it seemed shocking that the military could be run co ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
For centuries, women around the world have struggled for even the most basic rights. The fight for equality has been an uphill climb -- one that is far from over. This is certainly the case in the Mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
One of the hallmarks of a presidential transition in the United States is a comprehensive policy review, aimed at determining which policies to retain and which to eliminate or change. As President-el ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
伯克利──我最近聽世貿組織前總幹事拉米(Pascal Lamy)轉述了一則佛教傳說,禪宗六世祖惠能對無盡藏比丘 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機J. Bradford DeLong2016年11月30日
Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election surprised most of the world. But the president-elect is not finished defying expectations. Contrary to the predictions of many experts, stock mar ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
A core problem in the United States today -- reflected in Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election earlier this month -- is that too many Americans feel helpless and insecure in the face of ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
If you happen to be sitting with two other people right now, chances are one of you is malnourished. And you might not even know it. Yes, that’s right: one in three people worldwide suffer from malnut ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
If Middle Eastern countries do not start making real progress on fundamental political and economic reforms, further regional turmoil is inevitable. With the rentier systems that governments have main ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
From the discovery of penicillin in 1928 to the introduction of the last of the main groups of antibiotics in the 1960s, humanity’s capacity to fight pathogenic bacteria has been transformative. But o ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
Donald Trump’s astonishing victory in the United States presidential election has made one thing abundantly clear: too many Americans -- particularly white male Americans -- feel left behind. It is no ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-15
With the United States’ presidential election on Nov. 8, and a series of elections and other political decisions fast approaching in Europe, now is a good time to ask whether the global economy is in ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
英國很晚才接受央行獨立性,因為時任首相戴卓爾夫人堅決反對讓非選舉產生的銀行家控制利率。她有一句名言「絕不拱手讓 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Howard Davies2016年10月29日
The ongoing presidential campaign in the United States stands out for its lack of civility and the vast differences between the candidates: the anti-establishment businessman Donald Trump on the Repub ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
2016年和2017年全球貿易增長前景再次被調低。目前世界貿易組織預計今年貿易量增長將是2008年全球衰退以來 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Otaviano Canuto2016年10月26日
Prospects for growth in global trade in 2016 and 2017 have been downgraded again. The World Trade Organization (WTO) now expects that trade this year will increase at its slowest pace since the post-2 ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-21