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Institutional redesign in order for economic change
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 30/12/2025
» The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded both this year and last year to scholars who, in different ways, emphasised the importance of institutions to economic growth.
EU needs to focus on innovation
News, Philippe Aghion & Mathias Dewatripont & Jean Tirole, Published on 14/10/2024
» In the three decades after World War II, Western Europe caught up with the United States in terms of per capita GDP. But since the mid-1990s, this trend has reversed, with the US growing twice as fast as Europe.
French space war games point to orbital arms race
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/03/2024
» As a UN-led military force moved in to protect the independent nation of Mercury from rival Arnland in French war games this month, the most critical battle was playing out not on land, at sea or in the air, but in orbit.
Riots' deja vu raises the stakes
News, Lionel Laurent, Published on 04/07/2023
» A teenager killed by police in a Paris suburb. A wave of anger that morphs into widespread rioting and opportunistic looting. A tough law-and-order response followed by an appeal for unity and calm -- and a political call for action that fades over time.
Wanted pair may be in the country
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/07/2022
» A Singaporean man and his Thai wife on an Interpol Red Notice may have fled to Thailand, according to news reports.
Drug 'queen pin', partner busted with luxury cars
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/07/2022
» The alleged leader of a major drug network and her drug-felon boyfriend were arrested with assets worth more than 100 million baht seized from the woman in Nonthaburi yesterday.
Drug assets go under the hammer
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/04/2022
» Some 192 items seized from drug networks, including luxury cars, brand-name bags and high-end watches, were auctioned off by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Monday.
Why cultural restitution by Europe really matters
News, Patrick Gaspard, Published on 06/12/2019
» French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe recently presented an antique sabre to Senegalese President Macky Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar. But it was not a gift. The sabre was coming home, more than a century after it had been stolen.
Democratic system more than just popular vote
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 30/03/2019
» Sontirat Sontijirawong, the secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), recently complained about the media labelling different parties either as "pro-democracy" or "pro-dictatorship". The PPRP, Mr Sontirat argued, ran in a democratic election and won around eight million votes and, as such, the PPRP is as much pro-democracy as any other party.
Who trusts the NACC?
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2018
» The court procedures in a case involving former executives of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Inc, who breached Japan's antitrust law by allegedly bribing a Thai official over a power plant project in the southern province of Surat Thani, are worthy of note.