The Global Problem of Clean Drinking Water

Clean drinking water is the kind of water that is safe for drinking by human beings without causing health risks […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

This graphic shows how much CO2 the average American produces each year

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/global-warming/140527/graphic-shows-how-much-co2-american-american-produces-climate-change

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Look Back At The First Quarter

By JC Parets, Now that we’re officially in the second quarter of 2014, we can look back at Q1 to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Apr 14 | Posted in Commodities, Real Estate, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Rick Rule’s Favorite New Thesis

By Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning, I was chatting with Rick Rule last Friday. Rick is now part of Sprott […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

Water Resource Issues, Policy and Politics in China

Editor’s note: Scott Moore is Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard […]

By Aidualc | 23 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Post-Crisis Crisis

By Joseph E. Stiglitz, From Chazen Global Insights, In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Feb 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Commodities: Correlating Trends with Opportunities

By Mark Mobius,  From mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/02/06/commodities-trends/ Commodity price inflation is both a social and an economic issue. In emerging markets in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America | Comments (0)

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Byron Wien Announces “The Ten Surprises” for 2013

By Prieur du Plessis, from investmentpostcards, Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone (BX 16.76 ↑1.82%) Advisory Partners, yesterday issued his list […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Will the Crop Crisis Trigger Inflation?

By Bud Conrad, Casey’s Research Our news media have not given enough attention to the very serious heat problems of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Aug 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)