For Lucy Meakin's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Swindon, famous for its traffic intersections and steam-engine past, feels like Brexit Britain in a nutshell. Like the United Kingdom in general, the city of about 180,000 people boasts a proud industrial heritage stretching back to the 19th century. Current unemployment is low and the ...
There's a particular telephone conversation that HSBC Global Chief Economist Janet Henry has down pat. Here's how it goes: "You get a call from a headhunter," she says. Then Henry inevitably finds herself saying, "No, I'm not interested." But it doesn't end there. "They always ...
Three years after Mario Draghi pledged to do whatever it took, within his mandate, to save the euro, the breakdown in the Greek rescue talks is calling into question the integrity of the entire currency union. While Greece accounts for less than 2 percent of ...
