Economic Ideologies

Bureaucrats pose the biggest threat to democracy in US

29 Jul 2012

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country [United States], capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Fran Lebowitz, author

10:35PM

Europe has only itself to blame

26 Jul 2012

Capitalism in the West is not only deficient and diseased but is not working.

Kevin Rafferty

SCMP Business, July 25

10:18PM

Leaner, fitter

16 Jul 2012

If, given the imminent rise of Asia, the world wants to avoid a bleak future, austerity has to be the new global norm.

9:26PM

Leung needs to do more explaining

25 Apr 2012

Chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying campaigned on the motto 'seeking change while preserving stability'. Nonetheless, business sectors were concerned that his reforms would upset stability.

1:25PM

An alternative to our modern theory of growth that has stood the test of time

18 Feb 2012

At a time when there is great awareness that mainstream economic theory is seriously flawed, many of us are looking for alternative models. I have in my collection a book by British economist E.F....

7:42AM

Crisis of capitalism no longer seen as someone else's problem

15 Jan 2012

It is rare for Xinhua's Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News) to lavish a whole page on one report.

5:29AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

As mainland drifts away from Marx, questions of where to next

Many political commentators have been advising the leadership in Beijing that with all the developed economies in trouble, it's a good time for China to expand reform.

12:33AM

Young yet diverse, they join in decrying capitalism

The participants of Occupy Central consist of various individuals, some with political activist affiliations, others with specific causes.

10:49PM

The journey home from the wasteland may be the most difficult one of all

Restlessness and inchoate stirrings of revolt have reached the very gates of the bastions of capitalism, Wall Street in New York and the City of London.

10:41PM

Wall Street protests are railing against crony capitalism and bought government

Bravo to Ken Otawi ('Living in Happy Valley cloud land', October 13) for taking issue with William Meacham's criticism of the populist Occupy Wall Street movement ('Wall Street protests echo...

10:29PM

Wall Street protests deserve support

Call it the American Spring.

9:23PM

slowdown in reform efforts under attack

Amid increasing signs of rising anxiety among the public, the mainland's most revered economist has published the strongest criticism yet, from within Beijing's academic circles and government...

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