Singapore: The Robot City
The “fourth industrial revolution”, an era of unprecedented automation and connectivity, could reshape the urban environment and have profound impacts on society at large. Read Here – Rancoteur
Tag: Policy
Donald Trump’s Dark Art Of The Tweet
President Donald Trump’s critics have consistently underestimated his political communication skills, perhaps because he is so different from predecessors such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Both FDR and Reagan, after all, were known as “great communicators.” Read Here – Project Syndicate
A Chinese Marshall Plan?
Reports of Chinese companies negotiating buying more businesses and land in Pakistan have been welcomed by many but some who keep a closer watch on such developments have also been advising extreme caution. Read Here – The Express Tribune
The Strategy Behind (Donald) Trump’s Shock-And-Awe Presidency
Since Washington has a reputation, well-deserved, for drowning every attempt to change things in years of deliberation and obstruction, Trump has launched a host of surprise attacks. Instead of picking one priority, Trump is attacking on all fronts, deliberately overdoing it, and seeing what it gets him. Read Here – Vanity Fair
Donald Trump Could Be Starting A New Cold War With China. But He Has Little Chance Of Winning
The new U.S. administration has been testing Beijing with provocative stances on trade, Taiwan and the South China Sea. But starting up a Cold War with China is a highly risky strategy. Read Here – Time
How We’ll Know if Trump Is Making America Great Again
Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign refrain will become the driving vision of the federal government when the billionaire developer takes the oath of office as president. Here are the 10 best indicators to judge the impact of his policies in the next four years and determine whether the economy lives up to Trump’s […]
Ten Takeaways From Xi’s Davos Speech
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening plenary of the 2017 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos. Here are 10 quick takeaways from the 50-minute address, which touched upon globalization, protectionism, world economy and China’s development among other subjects. Read Here – Xinhua
In The Story Of Trump, There Is No story
Trump has not merely, at the behest of his supporters, disrupted the status quo. He has exploded the great American story that lay beneath it. What makes Trump so difficult to write about is that he presents no story. Like a cubist portrait, he changes your perception of reality by the minute. Read Here – […]
Beijing Desperately Needs A Recession To Shift The Economy
Recession is the part of the cycle is where you say, “Ouch, got that wrong somewhere, it seems. Let’s think about this again. Perhaps we should do things a bit differently next time. Let’s work out how while we have time on our hands with things so slow just now.” Read Here – South China […]
When Growth Isn’t Good
India now looks to be on an even keel. Its macroeconomic numbers are strong and growth appears solid, if slightly slower than hoped. India’s government — led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself — has reiterated this message over and over again. What officials won’t say is that the quality of India’s growth is very poor […]
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