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Monday 10/December/2018 15:23 PM

Climate action trumps Trump

Now is not a good time to be a climate-change denier like US President Donald Trump, given all the recent evidence that the atmosphere is warming faster...

Monday 10/December/2018 14:40 PM

Are China’s trade practices really unfair?

The temporary truce reached by US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the just-concluded G20 meeting in Buenos Aires should...

Sunday 09/December/2018 21:57 PM

The new risks in risk regulation

When I took over responsibility for banking supervision in the United Kingdom, in 1995, a wise old bird in the Bank of England (BoE) warned me that I would...

Sunday 09/December/2018 21:54 PM

The leadership of cities

After the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen concluded without an agreement on climate action, mayors around the world developed...

Sunday 09/December/2018 14:48 PM

A second chance for Britain

On May 9, 1950, when European countries were just beginning to emerge from the ruins of war, the French statesman Robert Schuman announced his plan to...

Sunday 09/December/2018 14:46 PM

Women, work, and India’s rickshaw revolution

When resources are limited, it is human capital that defines the sustainable development of a community, especially in the case of costly misallocation and...

Sunday 09/December/2018 14:42 PM

The phony US-China truce

On December 1 in Buenos Aires, US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed on a 90-day moratorium on increases in import...

Sunday 09/December/2018 14:39 PM

Strengthening Africa’s climate resiliency

The fight against climate change could be reshaped in the final month of the year, with the just-completed G20 summit in Argentina followed this week and...

Saturday 08/December/2018 14:49 PM

The rise of the 'Petroyuan'

It is now just ten months since China launched its oil futures contract, denominated in yuan (renminbi), on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. In...