Archive by category Opinion

Fed is not just U.S., but the world’s central bank

BERKELEY, California ― The U.S. Federal Reserve these days is broadly happy with its monetary policy. But, since mid-2007, its policy has been insufficiently …

Building stuff is better than nothing

John Cochrane, the University of Chicago Booth Business School finance professor and blogger, has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about fiscal stimulus. …

Will Japan’s democracy survive Abe?

Sunday shoppers in Tokyo could be forgiven for wondering if they had been transported to Tibet or Myanmar as a man climbed atop a pedestrian crosswalk, voiced …

[Editorial] After the summit

Before returning home after a two-day state visit on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a business forum in Seoul. President Park Geun-hye was …

[Robert Reich] Hillary’s hardest choice
[Robert Reich] Hillary’s hardest choice

What’s the reason for the tempest in the teapot of Hillary and Bill Clinton’s personal finances? It can’t be about how much money they have. Wealth has …

[Editorial] Reach out to farmers

Judging from comments from senior officials, it appears certain that the government has already decided to liberalize the local rice market by replacing the …

[Chon Shi-yong] Uphold personnel screening bar
[Chon Shi-yong] Uphold personnel screening bar

The successive fall of two nominees for prime minister and the ongoing controversy over some of President Park Geun-hye’s other Cabinet nominees demonstrate …

Pakistan’s ill-conceived war at home

SINGAPORE ― Last month, after years of indecision, Pakistan’s military launched a full-scale military operation in the North Waziristan Tribal Agency aimed …

[Editorial] Administrative inefficiency

Since Sejong City was launched two years ago, 13 government ministries and agencies have moved from Seoul to a town designed as a new administrative hub. In …

[Editorial] Xi in Seoul

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Seoul, which came before any meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, highlights the shift of Beijing’s …

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