Author Yuen Yuen Ang Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Lminaries and experts convened last month in Washington, […]
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By Alexander E.M. Hess and Thomas C. Frohlich While many believe slavery is an issue of the past, it remains a real, yet […]
2014 EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS – Assessing risk and opportunity
Cushman & Wakefield has evaluated the risks of acquiring office space in the most sought after emerging and frontier markets. […]
How Venezuelan Used ‘Scrape’ to Make Six Times Her Salary
Venezuela’s currency controls are turning trips abroad into profitable junkets. A 27-year-old trade analyst from Caracas said she earned six […]
2013 Prognosis
The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]
Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility
Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he […]
2008 Was A Practice Run Compared To What Comes Next
2008 was a practice run, or a warning shot across the bow, compared to what is coming over the next […]
Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa
By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]
Secrecy conference: In countries like Romania and Cambodia, illegal leaks can be transparency’s only hope
By Michael Morisy While, in the United States, WikiLeaks has caused a furor for its journalism-by-data-dump, similar leaks abroad are […]
It’s The Corruption, Stupid
It’s The Corruption, Stupid Susan Richards 02.26.11, 11:50 AM ET While money is fleeing Egypt and the Middle East, the […]