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Economics in the new age of national security
News, Published on 12/09/2022
» The global economy has entered a new age of national security. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability caused by overreliance on global supply chains and the failure of coordination in tackling global health risks. But what has really ushered in this new era is Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and sabotage of the global economy.
In Zimbabwe, literature is protest
Oped, Published on 10/10/2020
» In November 2017, when a military coup removed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's head of state after 37 years of rule, euphoria gripped the whole country. Many saw it as an end to "the house of hunger" -- the title of a widely read 1978 novel by Dambudzo Marechera that described the people's suffering under tyranny.
Three strategies for long-term growth
News, Sutapa Amornvivat, Published on 22/10/2014
» Recent discussion of Thailand's big reform push has focused on issues of social stability. However, the economic fundamentals also need serious — if not more urgent — attention, given the economy's remarkably weak performance over the past seven years.