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Macroscope | As things fall apart in the world, why aren’t investors worried?

All Quiet on the Western Front was the title of the classic novel about the first world war, written by…

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Opinion | China can take a leaf from post-war America on work-relief programmes

To combat the economic devastation of the Great Depression, US president Franklin D. Roosevelt deployed work-relief programmes – providing government-funded…

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Macroscope | The sun is setting on the US dollar, but what could replace it?

“How low can the dollar go?” queried the headline of a recent Financial Times article in which Barry Eichengreen, a…

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Macroscope | Trump’s tariffs look set to backfire but that won’t stop him

Are US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs an admission of American economic defeat, a tacit acknowledgement that US manufacturers…

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Quiet on set: China’s film industry fights for relevance in changing media landscape

Cecilia Hu, a 25-year-old marketing professional based in Wuhan, used to be an avid movie-goer, visiting the cinema at least…

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