IFC: Corporate Governance Gains Prominence with the Forthcoming ASEAN Economic Community

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One of the much-anticipated events in Asia this year is the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community which will allow…

Adam Smith: The Original Economic Thinker

10 years ago

The year 1776 marked the dawn of modern capitalism: nothing to do with a few rebellious colonies unleashing a revolutionary…

Book Review: Squeezing Cash Out of Milliseconds

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Time is money. To high-frequency traders, it means big money. HFTs make cash by being milliseconds faster than the other…

Brazil & Argentina: Only One Getting Real

10 years ago

Brazil is just one step removed from facing its reality. With nearly all macroeconomic indicators pointing in the less desirable…

Energy Case Study: Peru

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Peru is the third largest country in South America with a land area five times that of the UK. Peru…

European Court of Justice: Looking for the Digital Utopia

10 years ago

In a textbook case of be-careful-what-you-wish-for, frustrated lobbyists plying their trade in Brussels on behalf of Google, Microsoft, and other…

Ray-Ban: Wearable Icon

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October 20 1944, on the Philippine island of Leyte, Gaetano Faillace, personal photographer to General Douglas MacArthur, waded ashore at…

Sebastião Salgado: Capturing the Moment

10 years ago

Sebastião Salgado abandoned a promising career as an economist in his 30s to become a highly-regarded and iconic photojournalist. His…

Nick Clegg: A Heart That Will Yet Be Sorely Missed

10 years ago

As David Cameron was celebrating his party’s astonishing victory at the polls on May 8, his former coalition partner Nick…

Book Review: Niall Ferguson’s Civilization – Six Ways the West Beat the Rest

10 years ago

In much the same way Marxists internationalists held on to the belief that the workers’ revolution would sweep the world…