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    Are all of us ready for AI creative destruction?

    Oped, Published on 24/04/2024

    » The ancient Chinese concept of yin and yang attests to humans' tendency to see patterns of interlocked opposites in the world around us, a predilection that has lent itself to various theories of natural cycles in social and economic phenomena. Just as the great medieval Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun saw the path of an empire's eventual collapse imprinted in its ascent, the twentieth-century economist Nikolai Kondratiev postulated that the modern global economy moves in "long wave" super-cycles.

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    The trials and tribulations of Melania Trump

    News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 23/04/2024

    » Outside my office, there is a picture of the Slovenian Sphinx visiting the Egyptian Sphinx, taken during a 2018 photo shoot in Giza nine months after Melania Trump was blindsided by the steamy news about her husband and Stormy Daniels.

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    Airport flops prove dreamers wrong

    News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 22/04/2024

    » Bringing an airport to a province isn't always a boon. It can be a burden too.

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    Wallet fog fails to lift

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2024

    » The government's announcement on the details of its digital wallet scheme on April 10 was meant to boost the popularity of both the Srettha Thavisin administration, as well as the Pheu Thai Party.

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    Raising children in the digital age

    Oped, Published on 19/04/2024

    » Parents in the 2000s are not taught parenting with addictive technology. The examples did not exist, and a comprehensive guide still needs to be written. We know parenting is a series of successes and failures with unsure outcomes. Presence (physical and mental) matters; however, technology is eroding parents' presence. Parents, with good intentions, are sidelining the tasks required to grow a well-rounded, responsible, and contributing member of society by farming out their duties to technology and drowning themselves in distractions. It is thus time to start teaching parents how to become better parents.

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    Handout difficult without BoT's help

    Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 18/04/2024

    » The purpose of this article is to educate the public about the real issue of the digital wallet scheme. The issue is not "HOW to get the 500 billion baht?" but "Is there 500 billion baht AVAILABLE to be borrowed?"

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    Thai-EU free trade deal on the horizon

    News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 17/04/2024

    » If everything goes as planned, Thailand and the EU could sign a free trade agreement by mid-next year, in what is another example of the European Union's increasing engagement in the Indo-Pacific region.

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    A Songkran downer

    News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2024

    » Songkran festivities across Thailand continue to draw in both local and foreign tourists, all eager to partake in the joyful water-splashing celebration.

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    Sanctions need global governance

    Oped, Published on 12/04/2024

    » As Russia's war against Ukraine has entered its third year, Western governments are finding it increasingly difficult to muster the funding Ukraine needs to defend itself. The European Union struggled to reach a €50 billion (1.9 trillion baht) aid deal in February, and the United States remains deadlocked over its own US$60 billion (about 2.2 trillion baht) funding package. Now, calls to use Russia's own assets to fund the Ukrainian war effort are growing louder.

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    Implications of an ageing population

    Oped, Daniel Moss, Published on 11/04/2024

    » Thailand is racing to both revive -- and renovate -- the economy, bringing with it profound social changes. Infamous for its role in Asia's financial meltdown a generation ago, the country is today running headlong into a hurdle confronting the region: a dwindling and greying population.

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