Similar to Hong Kong, Singapore’s economic history was shaped by its former status as a British colony. The city-state once dubbed by Winston Churchill as the “Gibraltar of the East” came into being as another entrepôt for the British Empire…. Read More ›
Aside from the ARPLAN Blog, there is another intellectual publication that I also subscribe to. American Affairs, a quarterly journal, is known for articles related to manufacturing, trade, infrastructure and social issues from a distinctly non-Jeffersonian form of thought. The… Read More ›
The term “Asian Tigers,” in reference to the South Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Konger and Singaporean economic governance models, is also a product of its own historical circumstances. It came to describe the levels of economic growth in Kapital Accumulation that… Read More ›
While searching for a number of nations that historically adopted Developmentalism, I came up with a small list of them, the vast majority of which were situated outside the Western world. From what I could gather, the ones with the… Read More ›
During the height of Bretton Woods, the 1950s and 1960s saw the rise of national independence movements seeking to break away from the European colonial empires. These movements knew that because the Hitlerists had considerably weakened them, the British, French,… Read More ›
After the past several weeks being devoted to political, social, technological, and philosophical discussions, I have decided that this week’s theme should be economic and financial-oriented posts. One particular area of interest is a new addition to the “Thus Spoke… Read More ›
LONDON/TOKYO (TIP)- Manufacturing growth is slowing from Asia to Europe as China’s Covid-19 curbs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupt supply chains, while the growing risk of a recession in the United States poses a new threat to the global… Read More ›
A relevant news report has been brought to my attention. It looks like the US Supreme Court will finally be overturning its landmark decision in the Roe v. Wade case. The argument is that abortion is not covered under the… Read More ›
A physico-economic experiment is now underway in Russia to verify the relationship between weight and value. This program is paid from the state budget of Russia. The goal is to prove that 1 ruble weighing 7.087375 g has the same… Read More ›
This article was excerpted from my June, 2022 Newsletter which you can view in its entirety at my Mailchimp site. You can also sign up there to receive future newsletter editions. Reconnecting the Monetary Economy to the Real EconomyMoney is… Read More ›
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