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
4m ago
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.
6m ago
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.
7m ago
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
9m ago
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.
11m ago
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.
1y ago
Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?
The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.
1y ago
Will Singapore or Hong Kong finance the South’s next transition?
The global financial system is in a real bind.
1y ago
May 24, 2021
Is the coronavirus racist?
Is the Coronavirus racist? Of course not. The Covid-19 and its variants do not discriminate between race, creed or borders. They simply infect everyone indiscriminately, so the only defence is vaccines and social distancing.
May 10, 2021
Is democracy in retreat?
Is democracy in decline, retreat or under siege? This is a soul-searching question by many who agonise over a lost golden age of democracy, freedom and rule-based world order.
April 27, 2021
Biden’s Star Trek on climate change
On April 29, the US will celebrate the first 100 days of 46th President Joseph Biden. After four years of chaotic Trump governance, the world is relieved how quickly Biden was able to deliver calm and competent professionalism in tackling the pandemic, economy and setting the tone on foreign affairs.
April 11, 2021
Adopting state capitalism to compete against China
Late last month, the Biden Administration unveiled a USD 2 trn infrastructure programme that aims to modernise American infrastructure.
April 4, 2021
Why emerging markets must think for themselves
"April is the cruellest month”, so said the poet TS Eliot in his 1920s poem, the Wasteland. The April Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank will be held virtually this year, locked down by the pandemic that is raging into its third wave worldwide.
March 16, 2021
Can Biden clean up the mess with more debt?
The pandemic has left us a terrible mess to clear up. What policies will get us out of the huge debt that we have incurred to pay for the health, wealth and job crises? 2020 was a year of terrible devastation, cushioned only by massive government spending.
March 1, 2021
Why is common sense not common?
As vaccines begin to roll out, there is increasing awareness that vaccines are not the silver bullets to kill the pandemic.
January 31, 2021
Whither global finance? Look at the US dollar
Where is Wall Street going in the post-pandemic world? Finance is supposed to serve the real economy (Main Street), but the US and global economies are in the midst of a pandemic and recession, while Wall Street profits are higher than ever.
January 17, 2021
Democracy in clear and present danger
A week is a long time in politics. Last Wednesday, armed supporters of President Trump stormed the sanctity of the Capitol, the temple of American democracy.
January 3, 2021
A year of anger, with reason
The end of the year is a good time to reflect. The devastating pandemic marked a year few of us would ever forget.
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