Category: Business
What We Can Learn From the Decadent Movement
by Kate Hext at Aeon: At its most extreme, Decadence is a reckless pursuit of…
“Scars of Conflict Are Deeper and Longer Lasting”
Irshad Salim, Karachi: An infographic (below) shows the intense impact of conflict in Middle East…
Our Biggest Challenges—from Global Warming to Demographic and Technological Transformations—Cannot be Resolved by Countries Acting Alone
By Gita Bhatt at the IMF Blog: Our biggest challenges—from global warming to demographic and…
Are Electric Cars Better for the Environment than Fuel-powered Cars? Here’s the Verdict
Jo Lauder at ABC News (of Australia): Whether you drive an electric car or are…
The Indian Election and the Country’s Economic Future
Raghuram G. Rajan at Project Syndicate: There is a buzz in India today – a…
Points to Ponder
Talking Points from an editorial in Dawn: –Pakistan is in a debt trap.–It must borrow…
The Average American Is a Millionaire
Jeremy Horpedahl in The City Journal: The Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances contains several revelations about…
AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class
David Autor in Noema Magazine: In a recent interview with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,…
To Paint China as Manipulative in its Debt Investment is at Best Misguided and at Worst Hypocritical
Jamie Linsley-Parrish at at JSTOR Daily: If deliberate, predatory lending at a geo-political scale has…
Australians Abandon Physical Cash and the Freedom It Protects
J.D. Tuccille at the Reason: “Cash was once a staple in the economy, but it’s…
From Boom to Bust: 3 Graphs of Interest
How things were going for Pakistan during the period 1960 thru 1991 (30 years). And…
Nigeria: ‘Corrupt Leaders Have No Tribe But United By Common Greed’
By Greenbarge Reporters: Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukayode, has…