China-US Trade War: Hiatus or Busted Deal?
By Jack Rasmus
This past week the US and China failed to reach agreement on a new trade deal, despite high-level China representative Lie He meeting...
Toward Japan’s Economic End-Game
By Dan Steinbock
As the spotlight has been on Japan's new Emperor Naruhito, the economy is coping with half a decade of Abenomics, monetary injections, huge...
The Philippines Emerges as New Bitcoin Hub
Major Philippines bank Union Bank launches cash-crypto ATM https://t.co/cH35aYPKlh
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) 11 February 2019
Bitcoin has been welcomed as a completely new concept in financial transactions...
Probing the Minds of Elected Women Representatives on Village Councils in India
By Samir Sathe
The psychological construct of the Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) is a significantly relevant and yet surprisingly ignored subject in India. This article...
From Cool Britannia to Fool Britannia
By Graham Vanbergen
It took just twenty years to go from the euphoria of Cool Britannia to Fool Britannia in the guise of the economy...
The Looming UK Brexit Mess
By Dan Steinbock
After the misguided referendum three years ago, the Brexit end-game is about to begin. In the UK, it means political division and...
2019: Year of the App Bubble Crash? How History Repeats Itself.
By John Colley
“When it comes to investment markets, history has a habit of repeating itself again and again and again…”
2000 was remembered as the...
Indonesia is Giving Proof of a Zakat Paradigm Shift
By Greget Kalla Buana
The similarities between the foundation goals of SDGs and zakat resulted in a paradigm shift, and Indonesia is providing evidences of...
Darker Clouds over Europe
By Dan Steinbock
Not only is Europe’s expansionary cycle fading, but the region is about to face challenges that it has to tackle amid growing...
The Contemporary Value of Marx’s Practice of Civilisation
By Bao Zonghao
Karl Marx’s practice of civilisation was used as a reference to this article. However, this is not the full and systematic explanation...
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...
