Can AI unlock productivity and growth?
If you watched Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's remarkable presentation at Taipei Computex last month, you would be convinced that AI has ushered in a new Industrial Revolution, in which accelerated computing with the latest AI chips unleashed the power of doing everything faster, more efficiently, and with less energy
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Can tech giants solve climate change and social inequality?
The Great Tech story implies that the world will see a smaller group of winners who bigger clout than the rest.
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A global state of disunion
In other words, the world is in disunion not just from wealth and income disparities, but through the widening digital and knowledge application gaps.
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To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds
In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
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Has the West lost the Rest?
The images and news coming out of Gaza are so horrific that I cannot think of anything hopeful or constructive that can come of this cataclysm.
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How stable is the global financial system really?
The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.
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Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?
The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.
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Will Singapore or Hong Kong finance the South’s next transition?
The global financial system is in a real bind.
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October 9, 2022
Churchill and India: Manipulation or betrayal?
Kishan Rana’s book: “Churchill and India: Manipulation or Betrayal” (Routledge, 2022) is an important contribution to an emerging global history different from just Euro-centric narratives. Superbly researched, Kishan connected the dots to find that Churchill’s record on India reflected part of his own limited experience with Indians, formed through his leadership of Indian Muslim troops as part of his early career, and his grand, but often self-serving, view of world affairs from imperial London.
September 24, 2022
We need a Global Summit on Inequality
The latest World Inequality Report shows tackling climate change and social injustice are part of a total political package.
September 11, 2022
Is there a third way for social equity markets?
What is the alternative to Big Business or Big Government?
September 8, 2022
Is civilisation in decline, clashing or rejuvenating?
Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely
August 15, 2022
US-China tensions: Crossing the red lines to nuclear war
Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, to some extent, has already crossed China’s red line.
May 7, 2022
The International Monetary System is More Unfit than Ever
After the 2008 global financial crisis, the world seemed ready to undertake meaningful reform of the international monetary system. But the promised structural changes never happened.
March 17, 2022
If war wins, climate action loses
The Ukraine war is a tragedy of tragedies, catastrophic for the Ukrainian people, a disaster for the global economy and a real setback for
February 26, 2022
Is Ukraine a Metaverse Nightmare?
Moving from a unipolar world to a multipolar world was always likely to be messy and risk-prone.
January 18, 2022
Confronting Global Racism
Race is staring us in the face. Confronting and dealing with it is highly emotional and disturbing, so much so that in polite company, it’s unspeakable. But we can’t avoid it, because racism has become global.
November 21, 2021
Telling the right story to make (climate) change
Life is extremely complicated and will only become more so.
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