Tag: world views
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World Views | Ghosn Attacks the System That Crowned Him
Carlos Ghosn was nothing short of a celebrity in Japan. He carefully cultivated the image of a rebel outsider, but operated successfully enough within Japan ... -
World Views | Good Riddance to Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani was never going to die peacefully in his bed. As leader of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and puppet-master of militias ... -
World Views | What happens when an airline opens a restaurant?
The Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur has more than 100 restaurants, cafes, and snack stands to meet every kind of craving. As of this ... -
World Views | Women dominated the decade
People react so emotionally to politics, I have decided to assess the decade just past by considering something less partisan but no less illuminating: culture. Start ... -
World Views | A too-big-to-fail toxic monster. China’s plan C
China’s small bank problem may be about to get a lot bigger. The slowing economy is exposing vulnerabilities built up by years of aggressive lending — and Beijing’s ... -
World Views | Warmer Winters won’t mean fewer deaths
On a recent day in Denver, snow fell just eight hours after the temperature had hit 83 degrees. Such “weather whiplash,” which stands to become more common, ... -
World Views | China’s industrial policies work. So copy them
China hawks are chastising President Donald Trump’s “phase one” trade deal because it focuses on increasing U.S exports while ignoring Beijing’s subsidies for favored industries. Instead of seeking to coerce ... -
World Views | Democracy is on the march, not in retreat
Across the world, from Hong Kong to Ecuador, Sudan to Iraq, angry protesters are filling urban streets and squares, clashing with police, smashing shops and burning ... -
World Views | Emmanuel Macron can’t save Boris Johnson
Whoever came up with the Article 50 process for leaving the European Union probably never thought it would be used, let alone turned into a maddening ... -
World Views | Starbucks stores that only accept mobile orders sure beat the line
How worried should we be about Starbucks’s recent announcement that it plans to begin testing a new type of store that only takes orders via mobile ... -
World Views | Robot wolves might just save Japan
With flashing red eyes and a swiveling head, Yuuji Ohta’s robot wolf bares its white canines and lets out an array of ghastly growls. A matted ... -
World Views | Populism will probably just go away soon, so relax
Populism has become a defining feature of public life. It embraces a narrative of victimhood and grievance, pitting “people” against “elites.” U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionism ... -
World Views | Time to unlock the Brexit relief fund
If the U.K. parliament can’t clean up the Brexit mess, it might be time for Europe to start spending instead. The economic impact of a worst-case ... -
World Views | At the G7, Trump is one of the popular ones
Donald Trump is an unpopular president. According to the Real Clear Politics polling average as of last Friday, only 43.3% of Americans approve of his performance. FiveThirtyEight, which ... -
World Views | Trump trolls the Nordics. They troll him back
Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his meeting with Danish Prime minister Mette Frederiksen because she wouldn’t sell him Greenland is just another episode in a comedy someone should make ... -
World Views | Trump wants to move agencies out of Washington, DC
The Washington, D.C., area is already rich and overcrowded, and with the arrival of Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters it’s about to get thousands more high-paying jobs. Lots ... -
World Views | Protest data breaches threaten HK’s hub ambitions
Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-center hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests. Privacy breaches stemming from a summer of clashes ... -
World Views | Roll back internet surveillance. Start with Facebook
Nothing that happened Wednesday will satisfy Facebook Inc.’s critics. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief consumer privacy watchdog, hit Facebook with a $5 billion ... -
World Views | Trump ‘third country’ asylum rule doubles down on failure
Another directive on immigration from the Trump administration begets another court challenge. In a sweeping rule change, the administration has declared that, with narrow exceptions, any “alien who ... -
World Views | What if the 2040 presidential litmus test is veganism?
Suppose that in the coming decades, Americans have a moral awakening with respect to the consumption of meat. Suppose they conclude that eating meat is a ... -
World Views | Red, white but rarely blue – the science of fireworks colors, explained
In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with ... -
World Views | Trump-Xi deal may founder on a patent lack of trust
Is there any hope that the fast-decoupling U.S. and Chinese governments can resolve their trade dispute, and inject a bit of pep into the weakening global ... -
World Views | G-20 gives Trump a chance to clarify his Iran policy
When President Trump arrives at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka on Friday, many of his peers will want to discuss bilateral crises with him: ... -
World Views | Joe Biden runs against a myth about Trump
Between 2011 and 2017, six different national surveys by the Pew Research Center produced similar results. Democratic voters said they liked elected officials who would compromise ... -
World Views | We’re not even close to the next great recession
What’s all the fuss about? Maybe the world economy isn’t in such terrible shape after all. New projections from the International Monetary Fund, published this week, ... -
World Views | Cathay’s budget deal won’t mean bargain tickets
Budget aviation ain’t what it used to be. Passengers on Easyjet Plc aircraft can book fares that let them change flight times at no extra cost. ... -
World Views | When you die, it won’t be an egg that killed you
When the news broke last week that a new study has nutritionists again claiming eggs are unhealthy, I considered whether I needed to recant a 2016 ... -
World Views | Hong Kong’s taxi fleet ages in real time
The South China Morning Post recently published an analysis of the 210,000 licensed drivers of Hong Kong’s iconic taxi fleet. Those Toyota Crown sedans are a ... -
World Views | Asset managers are leading britain’s Brexit exodus
The prospect of leaving the European Union has forced Britain’s financial community to make expensive preparations for life outside of the trading bloc. Whatever happens on ... -
World Views | Smart fiscal discipline is overdue for a comeback
The Congressional Budget Office recently released its revised Budget and Economic Outlook. Its economists estimate that, on present policy, annual deficits of a trillion dollars — ... -
World Views| Three things trump can do to keep economy humming
President Donald Trump promised to hit 3 percent growth in 2017 — and the economy just barely made it, according to figures released last week. To ... -
World Views | Had enough of Brexit? How about 10 more years
When moments of political drama capture the national attention, one at least expects some clarity to result. Alas, that would be setting the bar too high ... -
World Views | Thai property can stay hot in chillier times
Thailand’s booming property market is at risk of cooling this year as rampant construction threatens an oversupply of apartments amid increasing global economic headwinds. The country ... -
World Views | Maduro’s fall would be a defeat for Putin too
If Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime falls, Vladimir Putin will have to write off yet another costly geopolitical bet. Just don’t expect Moscow to stop taking ... -
World Views | Donald Trump should stop misusing the military
With Congress refusing to provide USD5.7 billion for his wall on the Mexican border, President Trump has said he may fund it with money diverted from ...
