Analysis
Economy
China is now the main pillar of globalisation
The following article, showing the way China has become the main strategic pillar of globalisation, was written to analyse Xi Jinping's visit to the World Economic Forum ...
Read More US share markets fell⊠so Trump picked up the phone to China!
âMr. Trump has looked to calm markets, which have gyrated in recent daysâ â that was the comment of the Wall Street Journal on the ...
Read More China’s socialist ‘reform and opening up’ improved the lives of a greater proportion of humanity than any other country in human history
An earlier article in this series marking the 40th anniversary of China's 'Reform and Opening Up' showed that âChina since 1978 is the fastest sustained growth ...
Read More Why the US turned protectionist – while China defends an open global econmy
It is a major mistake to believe that the US only made a turn towards protectionism starting with Trump. The US turn towards protectionism already started ...
Read More The âAnglo-Saxonâ political crisis – from Reagan & Thatcher to Trump & Brexit
âEvery day the media reports deepening political destabilisation gripping both major âAnglo Saxonâ countries - the US and UK.  Most important for the world, of course, ...
Read More Why Trump wonât persuade Apple to produce the iPhone in the US not China
President Trump has claimed he will persuade or force US companies such as Apple to relocate their production to the US â and move out ...
Read More Why China has made the world’s greatest contribution to increasing human rights
âThe U.S. Congress has debated expressing its concern over the issue of âhuman rightsâ in China - an example can be found in the US House ...
Read More Growth in the G7 ‘Great Stagnation’ will be slower than in the Great Depression!
The Western G7 economies are in, and will remain locked in, very slow growth. How slow this growth is can be seen starkly by taking ...
Read More The limits of RMB internationalisation
The dollar's domination of the international monetary system, and the 'exorbitant privilege' it gives the US, to use the phrase of leading US monetary economist Barry ...
Read More China’s ‘socialist development strategy’ outperformed Western alternatives
This article finds that the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fastest growing economies during the period since the putting forward of the neo-liberal âWashington Consensusâ ...
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