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  • OPINION

    China could outrun US next year ... or never

    News, David Fickling, Published on 11/03/2019

    » Remember when Japan was going to become the world's biggest economy?

  • OPINION

    ฿1,000 fine not enough

    News, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2018

    » What? Only a 1000-baht fine for people using the hard shoulder on elevated roads and expressways preventing emergency vehicles like ambulances from reaching their destinations and risking horrific accidents like the one that happened this week?

  • OPINION

    The rise of consumer cryptocurrency

    News, Published on 26/02/2024

    » Since its inception with the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain technology has gone through numerous cycles of public attention. Over time, growing interest and investment in the best-known cryptocurrencies has led to greater acceptance, as highlighted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) in January. While blockchains and their associated "crypto" assets have yet to be adopted by a truly broad base of consumers, that is starting to change, owing to a shift in how these technologies are being used.

  • OPINION

    Behind bars

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/04/2024

    » Re: "Overcrowded prisons need reforming", (Opinion, April 10).

  • OPINION

    Leaping lizards on a Sunday afternoon

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/03/2024

    » Last Sunday I was sitting on the garden porch of my Bangkok abode grappling with the crossword and watching the birds hopping around the garden. My wife, who was away in Chaiyaphum, had just called and I had reassured her that everything was fine and very tranquil... a perfect Sunday afternoon.

  • OPINION

    Time to ease Thai bond market rules

    Oped, Published on 14/02/2024

    » The Thai bond market, with massive valuations surpassing 16.7 trillion baht as of the end of the third quarter of 2023 and continuous prospective growth, is a crucial mechanism in the capital market and the Thai economy. Net market value could rise by over 386 million baht per year if legal restrictions on bond trading are unlocked.

  • OPINION

    Financial crisis looms over Thailand

    Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 25/01/2024

    » The definition of an "economic crisis" is much debated in Thailand. This is because one of the requirements for enacting the emergency fiscal borrowing decree is that the economy must be in crisis.

  • OPINION

    FTX saga shows not all ends justify means

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 30/11/2022

    » In the wake of the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and amid reports that FTX's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, diverted billions of dollars of clients' funds, some observers have linked the alleged financial malpractice to ideas widely held within the "effective altruism" movement, which Mr Bankman-Fried says inspired him. More specifically, they point to the ethical view that the end justifies the means.

  • OPINION

    Firming it up

    Postbag, Published on 12/11/2023

    » Re: "Bankers allay app concerns", (Business, Nov 9).

  • OPINION

    How did Japan become so cheap?

    Oped, Published on 09/03/2022

    » Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.

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