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Coup or no coup, task ahead is huge
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/05/2014
» Is it a coup? Or isn't it?
Advantages of hiring an expert
News, Published on 18/04/2014
» Nearly everyone who sits on Google’s board of directors has at least one computer science or engineering degree or doctorate. There are two university presidents and eminent scholars — Stanford University’s John Hennessy and former Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman — and several members of the National Academy of Engineering and other illustrious organisations. For Google, it pays to have technical expertise at the top.
Corruption a way of life
News, Published on 02/02/2014
» When we talk about corruption, we always point to the Thaksin regime. We think if we get rid of the Shinawatra clan, the country will be free of corruption. In reality, corruption is in everyone's DNA, but we don't admit it.
The third industrial revolution
News, Published on 29/01/2014
» In the next 20 years, almost three billion people will join the middle class, propelling global demand for more and better housing, televisions, cars, food, water, energy and a myriad of other goods and services. But, with an increasing strain on the planet's resources, meeting this demand could carry massive environmental costs from pollution to global warming. How, then, can the world sustain economic development and reduce poverty without fuelling a catastrophe?
Advanced malaise hurts US workers
News, Published on 09/01/2014
» Economics is often called the dismal science, and for the last half-decade it has come by its reputation honestly in the advanced economies. Unfortunately, the year ahead will bring little relief.
Mr Suthep, the road ahead is empty for you
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/01/2014
» Dear Mr Suthep Thaugsuban,
Not so old any longer
News, Published on 01/01/2014
» The Chinese government announced last week it will soon raise the mandatory retirement age. By 2020, officials now say, both women and men can expect to work five years longer, until they are 55 and 65, respectively.
Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
Finding ways back from another brink
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 27/11/2013
» Thailand's unfurling political crisis that began with a protest against a blanket amnesty to absolve former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has reached a breaking point.
Action, not talk, needed in climate battle
News, Published on 16/11/2013
» The ongoing 19th UN annual climate change conference is an important step along the path toward securing, by the end of 2015, a comprehensive global treaty to set the world on a path toward a lower carbon future.