Putting Japan's coming inheritance windfall to good use
The final journey of Japan’s baby boomers is poised to free up inheritance fund flows of as much as ¥550 trillion (about $5 trillion) over the next ten years alone.
This Nobel-winning idea has failed India
India's telecom revolution only took off after the government moved away from auctions and started assigning spectrum to licensees in return for a share of their revenue.
Is Indonesia selling out to investors?
An omnibus law passed last week chisels away at Indonesia’s wall of labor protections, making it a win for employers and investors while angering unions.
China is loading up a five-year warning shot to the U.S.
Beijing knows it needs to push its way up and out of a grim economic reality. That should be a worry for competitors aiming at the same space as Chinese companies.
COVID-19 is big oil’s asteroid strike
The world in which they thrived was changing, threatening their future health. But the outbreak’s impact has accelerated that process.
The COVID-19 crisis exposed what financial reformers missed
Outside the banking system — in the realm of specialized lenders, hedge funds and money market mutual funds — reforms have proven inadequate.
French billionaires seize pandemic opportunities
France is the land of what writer Pascal Bruckner calls "Bolshevism-lite,” where wealth is publicly hated but privately hoarded.
The new prime minister should declare that by 2030, Japan will be positioned to make the best possible use of its one and only natural resource — its people.
Would a universal basic income make us lazy or creative?
We are indeed in the midst of a digital transformation that will destroy many old jobs and create many new ones, and we need structures that help people adapt.
The perils of COVID-19 and big brother government in Asia
Governments’ newfound authority to regulate behavior and collect personal data due to the pandemic risks enabling serious violations of civil liberties and human rights.
India needs to copy China better
To lure manufacturers away from China, India is going to have to convince them that they’ll be able to operate just as easily and efficiently.
Making sense of China’s new plan
Many observers fear that China is “turning inward” just when the global economy is staring down the barrel of a recession.
