Israel’s ‘economic war’ chokes occupied West Bank
Palestinian teenagers bounced on trampolines and jumped through hoops inside a towering tent on the outskirts of Ramallah, the financial hub of the occupied West Bank. But the circus students…
Global economic outlook 2024
By unlocking big, bold investments, we can drive sustainable development and climate action and put the global economy on a stronger growth path for all. We must build on the…
Reasons for economic insolvency [Part – II]
The rise of western Europe started with the Renaissance, a remarkable period in world history, which began in 14th-century Italy and later spread to other countries. Italian city state Florence,…
As crisis bites, Spain pushes to become EU energy hub
With Europe facing a major energy crisis, Spain wants to become the new gateway for gas through an ambitious trans-Pyrenees pipeline and is hoping supply-starved Germany will pressure a reluctant…
Castles raised on hubris
There are noble things done by people that they would like to be remembered for by posterity. However, it is seldom that one would come across people who would like…
Our geo-economic dream
Geo-economics is the new buzzword these days, thrown around rather loosely without quantifying its benefits, especially in a country like Pakistan which relies on a heavy diet of geopolitics and…
Easy as A, B, Xi: China gives economic lessons to North Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping has coached his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un on high-stakes diplomacy. Now he seems poised to give the young autocrat another lesson: how to reform…
Public health vs economic health
Focusing exclusively on public health rather than trying to strike a balance between human and economic health, China seems to have succeeded by March 15, in preventing, to a large…
Unlocking economic value
In a speech made to the House of Commons a little more than a century ago, Winston Churchill spoke of the significance of land, “It is quite true that land…
Staff still shun London’s ‘ghost town’ finance hubs
Deserted streets, empty restaurants, shuttered stores: London’s financial districts remain largely abandoned by workers still worried about the pandemic and reluctant to return to office life. The City, a square…
