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Stablecoins can defend the dollar
Oped, Paul Ryan, Published on 14/11/2024
» Imagine a world where China has supplanted the United States atop the world economy, and the renminbi, not the greenback, is the global reserve currency. This scenario would be disastrous for US citizens, businesses, and allies. Given America's record high debt and unsustainable spending, reduced demand for dollar assets would cripple the US economy. The government would be forced to cut public services and military expenditures, altering almost every facet of American life -- and not for the better.
And the winner is — Thai Buddhism
Oped, Stephen B Young, Published on 31/05/2023
» Having followed Thai politics rather closely since the 1960s, I suggest that the best explanation for the results of the recent May 14 election is Thai Buddhism.
Unlocking mung bean's potential
Oped, Ryan Huling, Published on 28/02/2023
» Driven by growing concerns about the enormous ecological footprint of conventional meat, dairy and egg production, and enticed by the personal health benefits of a shift towards nutrient-dense foods, plant-based protein is on the upswing across Asia -- especially in Thailand.
Breathing life into medical oxygen
Oped, Leith Greenslade, Published on 18/05/2022
» Covid-19 has taken at least 18 million lives by some accounts, and it is anyone's guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don't want to talk about the issue, because that could mean admitting that thousands -- or even hundreds of thousands -- of their citizens died unnecessarily. But unless health systems take steps to ensure a sufficient supply of oxygen in the future, they will be risking a repeat of the past two years.
Murder most foul
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/09/2021
» Re: ''Cop linked to murder 'had assets of B600m'", (BP, Sep 7).
Telling the fortune of digital payments in 2021
Oped, Kelvin Phua, Published on 12/02/2021
» Just over one year into the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been impossible to ignore the stratospheric growth of digital payment methods across the world. In APAC specifically, we've seen Facebook and PayPal join Google, Tencent, and other leading technology firms in backing Gojek, a popular Southeast Asian super app. Not missing a beat, Gojek's competitor Grab has been keeping busy by purchasing stakes in popular e-wallets such as Indonesia's LinkAja.
Are we ready for the first real automatons?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/01/2021
» They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence programme in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, this month, to mark the invention of robots (or at least the idea of robots) in the same city exactly one hundred years ago. The coronavirus pandemic got in the way of that, and it will now only be available free online late next month. Kind of symbolic, really: the future is quite different than what they expected.
Search for alternative proteins is now a gold rush
Oped, Ryan Huling, Published on 06/01/2021
» Alternatives to meat are nothing new in Thailand. What is new is who's eating them.
Putting virtue first
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/11/2020
» I believe it is true that the Thai people seek compromise but in their politics a lasting compromise has been hard to achieve for the past 20 years.