Navigating the maze of red tape
Legislation and bureaucracy have been sticking in the gizzard of commerce for decades. With one piece of frustrating paperwork after another getting in the...
Nouriel Roubini: Europe’s Barbarians Inside the Gate
I am on a two-week European tour at a time that could make one either very pessimistic or constructively optimistic about Europe’s prospects.
First the...
Nouriel Roubini: Emerging Markets after the Fed Hikes Rates
The prospect that the US Federal Reserve will start exiting zero policy rates later this year has fuelled growing fear of renewed volatility in...
Troy Wiseman: Bamboo – A Sustainable Source of Fibre
Over the last ten years, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and REDD+ developments have proved that the price attributed to, and...
A Butterfly without Excuses: Progress Stalled
The ways of the world are quite often more straightforward than they at first glance appear to be. Whatever happens has a cause that...
Latin America: As Nations Mature Some Are Left Behind
Devoid of subtlety, headlines often fail to convey the real story. While the bumbling and stumbling governments of Brazil and Venezuela dominate the news...
Asia Pacific: Japan – A Uniquely Successful Model
Ernest Hemmingway once said that going broke happens very slowly – and then all of a sudden. The world has been waiting for more...
Margaret Hodge: The Scourge of Tax Dodgers
The pinnacle of Margaret Hodge’s four decades in public life has arguably been the five years spent as the very high profile scourge of...
Asia Pacific: China – Beijing Leaves Washington in the Dust with...
Washington missed the boat on the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Both the United States and Japan declined to join the new multilateral...
Asia Pacific: Economic Integration Gaining Ground
Some of the world’s most promising economic partnerships straddle the Asia-Pacific Region. That vast spread of economies offers a contrasting landscape of competitiveness. While...
