The Great Unraveling Of Globalization | Jeffrey Rothfeder | Washington Post |...
Everybody said globalization was the future of industry. Everybody was wrong. Globalization “is proving a barely-profitable and perplexing strategy for most companies.” Markets are closing, profit...
View ArticleStorm Over Googleplex | Gideon Rachman | Financial Times | 29th April 2015
The scale and nature of Google’s businesses make the company an obvious and often a logical target for hostile actions by governments and regulators. China tries to shut it out; the European Commission...
View ArticleThe People’s Pope And The Chairman Of Everything | Jeffrey Wasserstrom | LA...
A secretive selection process last year chose a new leader for 1.2 billion people, amid debate over whether the new man would prove more of a “reformer” than his retiring predecessor, whether he could...
View ArticleIndia: The Great And Beautiful Kingdoms | William Dalrymple | New York Review...
As India rises, so it reconnects with a rich history largely neglected. India was Asia’s Ancient Greece. “From about 400 AD to 1200 AD, India was a large-scale and confident exporter of its own diverse...
View ArticleChina’s Fading Migrant Miracle | Gabriel Wildau | Financial Times | 4th May 2015
The great migration of rural workers into China’s cities has run its course, and with it the most dynamic phase of China’s economic growth. The rapid ageing of the population, the legacy of China’s...
View ArticleWill America Defend Taiwan? | Hugh White | The Interpreter | 5th May 2015
The balance of power has changed beyond recognition since America signed the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979. Back then China was poor and weak. Now it is rich and strong. None of America’s Asian allies,...
View ArticleHollywood In China | Stanley Rosen | Diplomat | 26th May 2015
China’s film market will soon be the world’s biggest. Hollywood tailors its blockbusters for Chinese audiences. American films take half the Chinese market despite policies to protect domestic...
View ArticleChina’s New Silk Roads | Tyler Cowen | Marginal Revolution | 1st June 2015
Overview of the vast investments which China is making to secure international trade routes. Projects include a $42 billion naval base in Pakistan; a rail line from Zhengzhou to Hamburg via Russia; a...
View ArticleThe Education Myth | Ricardo Hausmann | Project Syndicate | 31st May 2015
More and better education may be desirable for all sorts of reasons. But education doesn’t guarantee economic growth — at least, not the sort of education that happens in schools. “Most of the skills...
View ArticleFIFA And Global Power | Gideon Rachman | Financial Times | 2nd June 2015
The move against FIFA is a test case of America’s capacity to control global institutions. The outcome will carry lessons for the balance of power in more systemically important global institutions...
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