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Saturday 27/October/2018 15:02 PM

Taming capital flow volatility

“Today it is a sin to run a current-account deficit, and that is crazy,” lamented Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the annual...

Saturday 27/October/2018 14:28 PM

Is populism a disease? Or a cure?

Populist nationalism is here to stay. Many still believe it a phase which, like surliness in adolescence, will pass and be succeeded by orderly, thoughtful...

Wednesday 24/October/2018 15:12 PM

The end of America’s China fantasy

A long-overdue shift in America’s China policy is underway. After decades of “constructive engagement” – an approach that has facilitated China’s...

Wednesday 24/October/2018 15:09 PM

America’s inflation risks

It was inevitable. Another upturn in the US inflation cycle is at hand. Since the Great Disinflation of the early 1980s, when the annual increase in the...

Tuesday 23/October/2018 14:25 PM

When agricultural workers go hungry

Food is a powerful storyteller. Our diet signals whether we cook at home, shop locally, prefer inexpensive dishes, or even think about what we eat. But the...