Markets sold off worldwide on Friday after South Africa raised alarm about the new “variant of concern” that the World Health Organization named Omicron. The panic may be driven more by the fear of new government
A Cartoonist's View: Tang Wee Cheow, Nov 21, 2021
Nov. 23, 2021 6:44 pm ET Editor’s note: In
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong spoke at a conference on new tribalism and identity politics, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on Tuesday (Nov 23). Here is his full speech.I spoke about race a few months ago. I
In diplomacy and governing, there are few permanent victories, mostly hard-fought opportunities to make continued progress with continued attention. I often think of Benjamin Franklin’s comment to a young citizen after the delegates finished drafting the
A Cartoonist’s View: Lee Chee Chew, Nov 21, 2021
President Biden’s 79th birthday Saturday is the key to understanding the Democratic alarms this week about Vice President Kamala Harris. Is her approval rating as terrible as the surveys say? Is she being unfairly sidelined by
Amid growing concerns about rising inflation, United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen implicitly acknowledged the difficulty of dealing with the problem, when she said over the weekend that the key lies in getting Covid-19 under control. Inflation is running at a 31-year high in the
Powell and Brainard have both presided over the inflation breakout.
Before the pandemic ends is when we need to debate how the world should look afterwards. Many "build back better" proposals are in circulation. In studying them, we need to focus on two ideas: first, resilience; second, social cohesion.As argued in The Resilient Society, a
