Identifying key drivers to help transform African agriculture
By Mills Soko
The Green Revolution propelled India from a country plagued by famine and drought to the top wheat-producer in the world. It helped...
Argentina & the next Global Financial Crisis
By Jack Rasmus
Since Macri took the office the Argentina president on 2015, inflation has accelerated and chronic job loss was reported. Despite the record...
Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – a False Flag?
By Peter Koenig
On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones – were they drones or long-range missiles? – hit the Saudis most important...
Very special Ks: kamishibais, from “kokusaku” to “kyokan”, ie from war propaganda to sharing...
By Megumi Bailey and Géraldine Enjelvin
A centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition is being revived for modern audiences. Meet kamishibai – from kami, meaning paper...
Turning Vicious Cycle to Virtues of Islamic Banking
By Vita Arumsari and Yunice Karina Tumewang
For a country like Indonesia that has the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic banking is moving in...
The Trump-Slump and What’s Next
By Graham Vanbergen
The global slowdown is on; the who-blinks-first trade war is taking its toll leading to investment anxiety and a slowly crumbling global...
Trump’s Other Wall
By Jack Rasmus
Trump brags about the ‘wall of money’ now flowing into the US from abroad–from Europe, Asia, emerging market economies–as the global economy...
Tamago-ya – The Bento King of Tokyo
By Seungjin Whang
Tamago-ya (meaning “Egg-shop”) was founded by Isatsugu Sugahara in 1975, as a small mom-and-pop bento (“boxed lunch”) shop. Under the entrepreneurial leadership...
AIMing for Success: The Strengths of the UK’s Junior Market
By Sam Pearse and Ashmi Bhagani
Designed primarily for the equity securities of small and medium-sized growth companies that either cannot, or do not want...
Japan Inc. will defy its critics and innovate once more
By Gianfranco Casati
Japan's corporate leaders face a big challenge in fulfilling the nation's ambitious plan to create what the government calls Society 5.0, a...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
