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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Inequality

Posted inOpinion

Viewing a complex world through a simplistic binary window

by Michael Jennings June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

For anyone living in ancient China’s Zhou empire in the first millennium BCE, the world was simple: They were in the “Zhongguo,” or Middle Kingdom, and everything outside was barbaric. Understanding the world at the height of European imperialism also was easy. On maps, vast swaths of territory were colored in hues denoting each empire. […]

Posted inGlobal economy

Rethinking capitalism amid ravages of Covid-19

by Edward Webster June 5, 2021June 5, 2021
Strike action. Image: iStock
Posted inOpinion

Why we need to democratize wealth

by Richard D Wolff May 30, 2021May 28, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Increasing desperation as US capitalist system declines

by Richard D Wolff April 23, 2021April 23, 2021
Swiss flag in Davos town with church and mountains in the background. Davos is a ski resort and location of the annual World Economic Forum. Photo: iStock
Posted inOpinion

Davos fell quiet this year; does it matter?

by Jonathan Gornall February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
Photo: Reuters / Brian Snyder
Posted inOpinion

Fading American dream behind supremacy decline

by Bhim Bhurtel October 7, 2020October 7, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Can US democracy survive 2020’s stress test?

by Donald Kirk June 4, 2020June 4, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Challenges for South Asia in, and after, pandemic

by Mubashar Hasan and Kenji Isezaki April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Posted inChina

Inequality gap will come back to haunt China

by Gordon Watts October 31, 2019February 18, 2020
National Front's Marine Le Pen. Photo: Reuters, Robert Pratta
Posted inWorld

The coming Age of Chaos

by Frederick Kuo July 19, 2019February 18, 2020
A woman working at a money exchange shows 500 Cambodian riel notes to photographer in central Phnom Penh March 12, 2011. The much delayed stock exchange regulator Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) said that all prices of securities will be quoted in local currency riel. Cambodia is highly dollarized and that many foreign investors want to see US dollars quoted in the upcoming bourse. REUTERS/Samrang Pring (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2JSDU
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Depressing truth behind Cambodia’s poverty reduction

by David Hutt May 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s dollar stability is getting trumped

by William Pesek March 19, 2019February 18, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

If everything is so ‘wunderbar’ in Germany, why are the voters so unhappy?

by Marshall Auerback November 1, 2018
Protesting Indian farmers at a rally in Mumbai sustain themselves on meager Indian breads and pickles on March 13, 2018. Photo: Priyamvada Kowshik / Instagram
Posted inEgypt, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Hunger: The constant sound inside the heads of the poor

by Vijay Prashad September 6, 2018
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Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Singapore

Tax and not spend in Singapore

by Kirsten Han March 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

Runaway housing costs, inequality, poverty: are HK’s best days behind it?

by Andrea Lo February 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Technological advancements have simultaneously broken down global borders and caused new areas of conflict. Image: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inEuropean Union, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, World

The power of dialogue in a disrupted world

by Klaus Schwab February 18, 2018February 18, 2020
A man walks past a billboard featuring an image of China's President Xi Jinping visiting locals at a village in Lankao, in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, World

It’s not just Trump: Xi’s and Abe’s policies boost inequality too

by William Pesek February 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte outside the US Embassy in Metro Manila while calling for the immediate pullout of US troops from Mindanao, on September 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Romeo Ranoco
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Populist revolts eventually succumb to elitist temptations

by David Simmons October 12, 2017
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Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Alternative facts in an inside-out universe

by David Simmons September 21, 2017

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