Posted on March 20, 2016. Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Corruption, Democracy, democratization, Election, Myanmar, presidential elections, South-East Asia, World
Image by United Nations Photo Urging caution in light of Myanmar’s new president. His selection leaves many questions unanswered. Following on from Monday’s vote in parliament, Htin Kyaw has become president of Myanmar. Does he represent a new dawn for a nation which has languished in the shadows of poverty and authoritarianism? He is a […]
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Posted in Asia, World
Posted on November 14, 2015. Tags: Capitalism, Democracy, democratization, game theory, Globalization, inequality, Piketty
One of the most striking trends of modern times, the concentration of global wealth in hands of the very few, has been popularized by Thomas Piketty in his hugely influential Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty argues that the rate of return on capital consistently exceeds the rate of economic growth. In the absence of […]
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Posted in Economics, Global Economy, US, World