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Crypto markets aren't all the same
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 23/01/2018
» There's a compelling reason to consider what's going on with cryptocurrencies a purely speculative boom-and-bust roller-coaster: Over a three-month period, the prices of all the top coins and tokens are rather strongly correlated, going up and down in unison. What does that make them if not the 21st-century incarnation of tulip bulbs?
Democracy and graft
News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2018
» Re: "Beware fool's dream", (PostBag, Jan 16).
Time to lay inequality debate to rest
News, Jason Furman, Published on 22/01/2018
» The belief that inequality hurts economic growth is gaining currency among policymakers. Some argue forcefully that high levels of inequality can make sustained growth impossible, and may even contribute to recessions. This view stands in stark contrast to the traditional view that there is a trade-off between equality and growth, and that greater inequality is a price that must be paid for higher output.
Rough road ahead
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/01/2018
» The general prime minister, aka the politician who used to be a soldier, is strolling into a battleground and exhibits no sign he is aware of it.
Nothing wrong in being distracted
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/01/2018
» Earlier this month in PostScript there was a reference to "distracted walkers", a term for those people who bump into you on the street or the BTS because they have their noses buried in their smartphones.
Regime trawl for small fry no joke at all
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/01/2018
» The big fish hardly ever gets caught, not here. Only the small, the trivial, the nonsensical fish, the clownfish especially. As in school, or in prison, the bullies never bully the big kid. They only confirm their sense of power when they go after the small guys, the nerds, even the girls.
We're an ageing society. More sex please?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/01/2018
» The Thai government wants its citizens to have more sex. Yes, really.
Prawit's esteem woes
News, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2018
» It seems to me that whether borrowed or not, anyone who feels the need to decorate himself with multi-million-baht watches has a serious self-esteem problem.
Raise the Thai game
News, Postbag, Published on 19/01/2018
» Re: "Making Thai passports more powerful", (Opinion, Jan 15).
Rappler not the only victim of state bullying
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/01/2018
» The revocation of Manila-based independent news website Rappler's licence in the Philippines is just another case showing the state's attempt to silence the media.