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Stimuli aren't enough
Postbag, Published on 02/06/2024
» Re: "Economic stimuli in the works," (BP, May 27).
Clutching at straws
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/06/2024
» Re: "Thaksin to fight royal insult case: Lawyers raise doctored video concerns", (BP, May 30).
Curious case of Sunak's snap election decision
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/06/2024
» 'Why did he do it? We were all told it would be the autumn and we were hoping by then we could turn things around. It is very perplexing," said a former cabinet minister after Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a surprise election for July 4.
Conservatives still wield 'lawfare' axe
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 01/06/2024
» Thai politics is facing a dilemma once again as key parties are being slapped with lawsuits.
The lasting legacy of Abenomics
Oped, Koichi Hamada, Published on 31/05/2024
» After the 1985 Plaza Accord pushed the yen's exchange rate sharply upwards, Japan's economy suffered a severe slowdown that proved mightily difficult to reverse. In fact, the only prime minister to oversee a period of consistent growth and high employment in the past three decades was Shinzo Abe, during his second term, which began in 2012.
Being protectionist and world leader isn't possible
News, Published on 31/05/2024
» President Joe Biden likes to call the United States "the indispensable nation". By that, he means that America is the only power simultaneously mighty and benevolent enough to preserve whatever is left of a liberal order -- one in which rules and multilateral institutions govern, among other things, a system of relatively free international finance and trade.
Beyond the hype: Gauging AI's true economic impact
Oped, Published on 30/05/2024
» According to tech leaders and many pundits and academics, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform the world as we know it through unprecedented productivity gains. While some believe that machines soon will do everything humans can do, ushering in a new age of boundless prosperity, other predictions are at least more grounded. For example, Goldman Sachs predicts that generative AI will boost global GDP by 7% over the next decade, and the McKinsey Global Institute anticipates that the annual GDP growth rate could increase by 3-4 percentage points between now and 2040. For its part, The Economist expects that AI will create a blue-collar bonanza.
City needs to do more
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2024
» Halfway into his term as city governor, Chadchart Sittipunt still rates himself a five out of 10, which is the same as last year's self-appraisal. Judging from that, we can only hope there is room for improvement.
Justice at stake
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/05/2024
» Re: "Yingluck upbeat on democracy", (BP, May 23).
What explains BJP's stellar rise?
Oped, Published on 29/05/2024
» India, with 968 million eligible voters, is currently holding the largest exercise of democratic rights in the world. Elections are being held in India from April 19 to June 1, and the results will be declared next Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the world's largest political party -- is widely expected to win.