Implications of Islamic Finance in Africa’s Socio-Economic Development
By Basheer Oshodi
Africa, a continent which still feels the scars of slave trade, the wounds of colonialism and apartheid, the disaster of neo-liberalisation, and...
Blinded by Nostalgia
By Yuval Levin
Recourse to a glorious past is of course nothing new in political rhetoric. And Americans suggest that a return to that state...
The Informal Sector in India: Prosperity or Persistence of Misery?
By Saumya Chakrabarti, Daipayan Sarkar and Ankita Biswas
Based on the recent publication of Saumya Chakrabarti’s Inclusive Growth and Social Change: formal-informal-agrarian relation in India...
China’s International Renminbi Is Coming – Is Wall Street Ready?
By Dan Steinbock
On October 1, the Chinese renminbi officially becomes the fifth international reserve currency. Until recently, Washington played geopolitics...
A Reform Agenda for Post-Brexit Europe
By Andrea Montanino, Lilac Peterson, & Álvaro Morales Salto-Weis
Following Brexit, it is even more important that the European Union focus on further integration. It...
Rio 2016 and the (Broken) Promises of the Olympic Games
By Simon Darnell and Rob Millington
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were to catalyse and signify Brazil’s final transition into a modern, developed...
Japan’s Impending Monetary Exhaustion
By Dan Steinbock
Japan’s monetary gamble and Abenomics are approaching the end of the road. Neither Brussels nor Washington is immune to the adverse consequences...
What does the EU Stand for: Globalisation or Universalism?
By William Hawes
The EU now stands for globalisation and all its discontents. The dreary, neoliberal perspective of leaders must be replaced for Europe to...
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
Duterte vs Barack Obama In A Remark About Filipino Sovereignty
By Tunde Olupitan
Latest news on the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is of his calling USA President Barack Obama a son of a b***h. We...
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...
