Opinion

Sunday 28/February/2016 14:55 PM

Interest rates: Less than zero in Japan

In a bold attempt to reflate the Japanese economy, the Bank of Japan has now pushed interest rates on deposits into negative territory. Though this policy...

Sunday 28/February/2016 14:40 PM

Good news for campaigns: Go ahead and lie

Tired of campaign lies and the lying liars who tell them? You’ll be sorry to hear that an Ohio law that prohibited false statements about a candidate for...

Sunday 28/February/2016 14:19 PM

Agenda for humanity

The number of persons that are dependent on humanitarian aid has now become higher than ever since the founding of the United Nations. The number of warring...

Saturday 27/February/2016 15:31 PM

Democrats are the real conservatives of 2016

As the contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders moves into its next phase -- primaries in South Carolina and other Southern states -- the question...

Saturday 27/February/2016 15:13 PM

Can India handle bad times better than China?

The latest Indian budget will be released on Monday, and as usual, business leaders and economists will dissect its details for an indication of where...

Saturday 27/February/2016 14:58 PM

Japan: Don't strangle Uber and Airbnb

If you traveled to Japan in the 2000s as I did, you remember how difficult and expensive it was to find a place that was both nice and cheap. Hotels were...

Friday 26/February/2016 15:41 PM

A cliched narrative on education

Our society is not at peace with itself due to growing intolerance. From Khyber to Karachi, there is an unequivocal call for bringing education reforms and...