In 2010, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene", a material that could have a myriad of high-tech applications. Both are Russians, but with a Dutch and a British citizenship respectively.
During the mid-1980s, Vietnam was plunged into a profound socio-economic crisis. Against this backdrop, the shift away from a centrally planned economic model initiated in 1986 marks one of the most important policy decisions Vietnam has made since its unification. The result has been an economic
One of Donald Trump’s favorite targets on the campaign trail were trade deals. Last fall he said, “We are killing ourselves with trade pacts.” Now as president, around his 100th day in office, he signed an executive order to review all American trade agreements. This
Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment giant, has announced it will start marketing its first series of shoes manufactured by robots in Germany in 2017. Much like other manufacturers in the Western world, Adidas moved its production to Asia more than 20 years ago to
Nothing is free in the world, except the monthly money given to a citizen just because of the citizenship. This concept, most notably called ‘basic income’ or ‘citizen income’, is not a new theory. Thomas Paine laid out the early version of basic theory in
The largest trade deal in history died before it could live. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) took years to negotiate and the finished product was going to cover 12 countries, an array of economies and resources, and about 40% of global trade. Led by the big
The Modern Portfolio Theory in the early 1970s argued that investors should invest in Asian and Latin American stock markets that are less intertwined with the European and American stock markets. Today, investors are now increasingly looking for new, potentially booming investment opportunities in Africa.
