孟子曾答鄒穆公:「凶年饑歲,君之民老弱轉乎溝壑,壯者散而之對四方者……」(《孟子.梁惠王下》)。環顧中外古今, ...全文
凡事從長遠的歷史角度來看,結果可以相反。若從100年的角度來看,美國是守成大國,中國是崛起大國,但若從千年的角 ...全文
The fiscal expansion in the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is like nothing seen outside of wartime. Further large-scale public spending will be needed to rebuild needed infrastruct ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-11
Kaori Yamaguchi, an Olympic medalist in judo and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, made an astonishing statement – astonishing, that is, for an Olympic official. She said that Jap ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-11
As more developed countries begin to feel as though they have made it to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, two striking realities are coming into view. First, one can clearly see just how vulnera ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-11
After the 2008 global financial crisis, governments and central banks in advanced economies vowed that they would never again let the banking system hold policy hostage, let alone threaten economic an ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-10
At the upcoming G7 summit in Cornwall, the major economies’ leaders have a critical opportunity to agree on a plan that not only drives a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic for their own count ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-10
Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties. Has US President Joe Biden’s administration risked overheating the economy with its ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-09
As countries around the world attempt to turn the corner on the COVID-19 crisis, the climate challenge looms ever larger as our next global reckoning. With the priority of economic repair and recovery ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-04
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Afghanistan had only 300 ventilators and two intensive-care units. Early epidemiological models predicted that the country, with a population of about 3 ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-03
Economic growth returned to China in late 2020, and with it came capacity expansion for oil refineries Four Chinese refinery projects in development could make up more than the entire capacity of the ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
A century ago, an influenza pandemic killed more people than died in World War I. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more Americans than died in all US wars since 1945. A big difference, however, ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
US President Joe Biden’s first months in office have been impressive. The number of COVID-19 vaccines that have been administered is more than twice what he promised, and the spread of the coronavirus ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-01
U.S. crude oil exports to Asia reached a record in 2020, and increased crude demand in the region is expected to continue. One of the effects of China’s early economic recovery from COVID was a rise i ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-01