Many governments, aiming to foster a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery, have embraced the slogan “Build Back Better.” So far, policymakers have focused on increasing public spending in ways t ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-23
The US government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region. Such a grave charge matters, as genocid ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-23
Three important recent initiatives from US President Joe Biden’s administration illustrate America’s reengagement with the world and support for inclusive global multilateralism. The big question now, ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-22
... ble future. For instance, in December 2020, the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced its strategic plan to strengthen Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-22
With COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out and supportive fiscal and monetary policies fueling aggregate demand, the US economy is poised to return to its pre-pandemic output level later this year. The l ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-21
... 英國經濟學家米爾（J. S. Mill）提出燈塔的經典例子：「要使航海安全，燈塔的建造及維修就需要政府的親力親 ...全文
... ast Friday. Husband to the Queen for seven decades, Phi ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月21日
Once largely out of reach to foreign investors, China’s equity markets have opened up as the country’s economy transforms. From Shenzhen and Hong Kong listings to the Nasdaq-like STAR board, Chinese c ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-20
Relations between the United States and much of Latin America are recovering after hitting rock bottom under former US President Donald Trump. But while President Joe Biden’s administration is focusin ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-20
The University of Hong Kong (HKU), my alma mater, announced good news recently. It has reaped a total of eleven awards including Gold Medals and Silver Medals at the Special Edition 2021 Inventions Ge ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
One would be living under a very, very large rock – to have missed Prince Philip’s passing last Friday. Husband to the Queen for seven decades, Philip’s death marked the end of one of the longest tenu ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
“Holding the 2022 Olympics in Beijing whilst China carries out genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim people is not compatible with the Olympic principles.” So ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
In the 10-½ months since hitting their lows, copper prices have risen by over 70% to their highest levels since January 2013. The strength in copper may come as a surprise given the pandemic’s disloca ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-16
The situation in Myanmar is beyond dire. Hundreds of ca ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月16日
... sh factors. Several arguments point to a persistent secular increase in inflation, which has remained below most central banks’ annual 2% target for over a decade. The first holds that the United Stat ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-15
... http://www.facebook.com/economics3.0 註1： Bettinger, Eri ...全文
Imagine there is a cha chaan teng with eight tables, two of which are in the clean zone, a new term that will allow eight diners till 2am under the vaccine bubbles. Now six diners came in, three of wh ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
... n Xinjiang. The affected parties are not troubled by the sanctions beyond the righteous anger over being sanctioned for speaking up for the values of human rights and democracy. However, they should b ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
The situation in Myanmar is beyond dire. Hundreds of casualties, thousands of arrests, internet and wifi connections intermittent at best, and there is a palpable and real fear that the country is sli ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
