Corruption and Economic Mismanagement in Developing Countries
By Kalim Siddiqui
Corruption is a considerable challenge for Governments especially in the developing countries. It has become more serious over the last twenty-five years...
Private Equity: Past Performance is Not a Guide to the Future
By John Colley
With risks being inherent in investing especially in today’s business climate where they are emerging at ever-increasing speeds, there seems little prospect...
Capitalism, Globalisation and Inequality
By Kalim Siddiqui
With rising global inequality and environmental crises, capitalism is unable to resolve the crises and thus has become an obsolete social system...
The Great Dollar Debacle
By Dan Steinbock
The share of U.S. dollar in international payments is disproportionate relative to America’s eroding global position and depends on international goodwill that...
Cheers to a New Era: The Development of Singapore as an ASEAN Asset Management...
Singapore is a great place for investors because of the country’s good legal and political environment. Like Luxembourg, it has a stable political and...
The Return of the Feudal World?
By John Hulsman and Boris Liedtke
In today’s post-industrial economy, it is evident that world politics is under radical restructuring. More precisely, as the authors...
United States Deficits 101
By Richard Westra
Beginning in the 1980s the United States transitioned from its position as predominant national economy and workshop of the post-war world to...
The Gig Economy, Gigzombies, and Immigrants
By Anthony A. Gabb
The author tracks key economic forces that have resulted in technological innovations which have given birth to the gig economy that...
The Costs of Mass Deportations
By Mark Humphery-Jenner
The Trump administration has committed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. However, such wide-reaching deportations are costly. Deportations carry significant direct costs....
Return of Sovereign France
By Dan Steinbock
In France, President Hollande’s utter failure to foster broad consensus for structural reforms has paved the way for a contested election. While...
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...
