Recently I’ve been obsessed with a simple question: why aren’t policymakers listening - more, better and to the right people?
To explain:
A glut of subsidised steel is forcing a reckoning, and the producers with the leanest books and the smallest treasuries are the ones to pay. Veysel Yayan did the sums in January and did not care for the total. On the 13th the general secretary of the Turkish Steel Producers’ Association told S&P Global Platts […]
Steeling themselves was originally published on Emerging Europe.
Expert says more chance of England bringing home the World Cup trophy than the Bank of England raising rates next week as figures show the UK economy fell 0.1% in April
東京湾から見える「小国」という錯覚
6月の朝、東京湾のLNG受入基地に白いタンクが並び、外洋からのタンカーが岸壁に近づいた。積み荷は日本国内で産出されたものではない。中東、オーストラリア、アメリカ、東南アジアから、契約と信用で引き込んだ燃料である。首都圏の灯り、工場炉、家庭の給湯器は、こうした船の到着を前提に動いている。
問うべきは、なじんだ自己卑下ではない。日本とは実際にどのような国として運転されているのかである。日本人は自国を資源が乏しい、小さな島国、人口減少国、平和国家、失われた30年の国と表現しがちだ。控えめさとしては機能するが、地理、経済、マーケット、外交を読む尺度として使えば危うい。
日本は万能の大国ではない。人口減少、低成長、エネルギー依存、財政制約に直面している。だがそれは小国の問題ではない。より正確には、日本は制約下の大国である。小さいから弱いのではない。縮小しなが…
The Illusion of a “Small Country” Seen from Tokyo Bay
On a June morning, white tanks lined an LNG receiving terminal in Tokyo Bay, and a tanker from the open sea approached the quay. Its cargo was not extracted inside Japan. It was fuel drawn in by contracts and credit from the Middle East, Australia, the United States, and Southeast Asia. The lights of the Tokyo metropolitan area, factory…
Canada’s GDP growth is expected to reach 1.2 per cent by the end of 2026 and strengthen further in 2027, reaching 1.7 per cent, the OECD outlook said
伊朗戰爭引發能源危機，隨夏季高峰將至，油價恐再度飆升。各國已採緊急措施，分析師警告全球經濟面臨衰退風險，企業亦蒙受鉅額損失。
In the U.S., it seems like it just turned out that way as a result of a tug-of-war. Still, the conclusion is the same: it’s on hold.
One reason I’m holding off on AI regulation is simply because it’s like playing on extra-hard mode…
Just off the top of my head, here are some of the known hurdles:
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Lélegir innviðir í samgöngum draga niður samkeppnishæfni Íslands. Sums staðar á Vestfjörðum er vegakerfið okkar ekkert betra en það var 1950. Vegirnir þola engan veginn alla þá þungaflutninga sem um þá fara. Mikilvægt er að efla strandsiglingar á nýjan leik. Núverandi ríkisstjórn bætir milljörðum á milljarða ofan í viðhald á vegakerfinu, nokkuð sem hefur verið Lesa meira
The Swedish government is battling declining literacy rates and has focused on bringing back physical books to schools and encouraging handwriting, the BBC reports. However, the return of analogue devices has drawn criticism from technology companies, teachers and computer scientists, who say the approach will limit students’ future employment opportunities and even harm the country’s […]
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A new report points to signs of looming credit problems for the EU's deeply indebted governments. Ignoring these signs is not an option.
Romania’s two decades of income catch-up are under threat from a fiscal deficit that would give most finance ministers nightmares. In 2025, Romania finally joined the Schengen Area, a milestone that felt to many Romanians like belated acknowledgement of the country’s transformation since the 1990s. GDP per capita, measured in purchasing power terms, has risen […]
Borrowed time was originally…
The EU's blacklist of low-tax jurisdictions is growing. Brussels goes out of its way to protect its high-tax cartel.
I klickmedia är det ständigt vårdkris och nedskärningar och vänstern skyller på skattesänkningar och privatisering, medan högern skyller på invandringen och invandrare. Men verkligheten är att vi på mindre än 20 år ökat antalet operationer med 43%, sedan 1990 fått fem års längre livslängd och allt fler anställda med exempelvis 89% fler läkare sedan 1995 och en ökad livslängd med mellan fem år för…
Since COVID-19, a narrative about economic stagnation in Europe alongside booming productivity in America — “Eurosclerosis” — has taken hold. It’s not true. (Jonathan Brady / PA Images via Getty Images)
Since COVID-19, a narrative about economic stagnation in Europe alongside booming…
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荷蘭週休三日蔚為常態，工時短、生產力高。此舉雖平衡生活，但也面臨生產力停滯與勞力短缺挑戰，其永續性備受考驗。