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Economics, at its core, is irredeemably sexist
Oped, Yanis Varoufakis, Published on 05/04/2024
» Economics has an intractable "women problem". High-school girls avoid it. Female undergraduates abandon it. And the problem runs deeper than the difficulty of attracting enough women to mathematics, science, and engineering. Even women who have reached the discipline's summit, like Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, consider economists "a tribal clique" and their models defective.
Can river meet all needs at same time?
Oped, Apisom Intralawan & David Wood, Published on 17/11/2023
» Population and economic growth -- including the switch to electric vehicles and the rapidly expanding use of digital technology, leads to higher global electricity demand, which is expected to double by 2050, according to In McKinsey's report "The Global Energy Perspective 2021".
The spiral of violence that led to Hamas
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 13/10/2023
» Hamas' brazen and vicious attacks within Israel have rightly drawn condemnation around the world. If this is a war, as both sides agree it is, then Hamas' deliberate targeting of civilians counts as a major war crime.
Lives are torn
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/01/2023
» Re: "New rules spook tourists" (BP, Jan 9). The recent announcement of the new travel requirements is bringing misery to thousands of travellers. I am from the UK and spend six months in Thailand.
Criminal gangs tarnish Golden Triangle
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 11/06/2022
» Bo Keo airport which is under construction in the northern part of Laos may give the impression of economic development in this once quiet corner of the world.
Heritage bid shows a clash of priorities
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 24/07/2021
» This week, villagers from Bang Kloy village, Kaeng Krachan district, in Phetchaburi province put their heads together to find solutions to a raft of issues, including the Covid-19 outbreak that looks set to pile upon more misery on them.
Karen return home, but future unsure
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 28/01/2021
» The return of indigenous Karen villagers who left their resettlement village for their ancestral homes deep in a forest in Kaeng Krachan National Park epitomises the need for a new approach in tackling the long-standing "man versus forest" problem.
Immigration games
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/12/2020
» I, like nearly 90% of all foreigners living here in Thailand, am getting tired of going to immigration for our yearly visa renewal, only to find out that we did not follow the "rules of the day". We want immigration to state a clear policy of what is, or is not, required to renew our visas. To that end, we ask:
How to help the elderly and stateless
Oped, Tuenjai Deetes, Published on 01/10/2020
» At 82, Alae Ngua, an ethnic Lisu hilltribe villager who lives in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district, has for the first time in his life received an identity card that certifies he is a Thai citizen.
Buffaloes return to Ban Boonrueng
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 16/09/2020
» In a vast area of wetlands in Ban Boonrueng village, located in Chiang Rai's Chiang Kong district, the return of buffaloes signifies the resilience of what was a disappearing swamp forest in the northern province.