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May 17, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, Frontier Markets, Asia - Pacific, China, World Development
By Dan Steinbock Until recently, globalisation was led by the West and benefitted only a few advanced economies. After China’s three decades of rapid growth, the Belt and Road initiatives hold potential for more inclusive globalisation. During the weekend, the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation flooded Beijing with almost 30 heads of …
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May 10, 2017 • CRITICAL ANALYSIS, Capitalism in the 21st Century, World Development
By Peter Koenig We thought slavehood has been abolished a long time ago. Peter Koenig begs to disagree as he describes how we live in an oppressive depressive western civilization, which we still call “democracy”. When in the 18th and 19th Century African slaves did not “behave”, they were cruelly beaten sometimes to death as …
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May 5, 2017 • EMERGING TRENDS, Capitalism in the 21st Century
By Graham Vanbergen There is no doubt that the world is facing a wave of unprecedented uncertainties from political and civil unrest, conflict and terrorism to seemingly never-ending financial turmoil, climate change, the struggle for resources and disruptive technologies. Like it or not, no matter where we are, we are living in a new world disorder. But …
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April 9, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, EMERGING TRENDS, Editor’s Choice
By Danny Leipziger The phenomenon of slower world trade growth coincides with new protectionist sentiment and challenges to the view that globalisation is welfare-enhancing, fair, and consistent with national economic objectives. Public policy will need to adjust to these changes in the global economy and in the global dialogue. As is widely reported by …
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April 9, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, EMERGING TRENDS, Capitalism in the 21st Century, Americas, On US Election 2016
By Devashish Mitra The Trump administration has been capitalising on the “dark-side of globalisation”. However, Devashish Mitra advances that an anti-globalisation campaign might not be the best for the United States. The article is both a critique to current government direction and a call to salvage America. Globalisation, in all its forms, is under …
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March 28, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, EMERGING TRENDS, Frontier Markets, International Relations, Asia - Pacific
By Victor Andres Manhit Although trade has played an important role in advancing economic growth, it has since lost its dynamism. Asian economies, however, have continued to liberalise its markets. Asia will now serve as the backbone of stability amidst the growing clamour for protectionism around the globe. The past year has been marked …
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March 27, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, Frontier Markets, Middle East & Africa
By Dan Steinbock In the 20th century, Africa gained political independence but fell behind the economic boom. In the 21st century, it is Africa’s turn – but not without a stronger state and a new external push. After struggling against corruption, lawlessness and terror, President Buhari’s administration has outlined an economic recovery plan targeting …
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March 16, 2017 • CRITICAL ANALYSIS, Healthcare Reform, Americas
By Jack Rasmus While Republicans on the Right and the Far Right wrangle over whether to repeal the Obamacare Affordable Care Act (ACA), or just revise it, the Ryan proposal does both. How can that be? Revise and yet repeal? The repeal is every dollar and cent that the Obamacare Act taxed the rich and …
