https://www.scmp.com/rss/506213/feed Dr Bala Ramasamy is a professor of economics and associate dean at CEIBS. Before joining CEIBS, he was professor of international economics and business and acting director of Nottingham University Business School at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Every four years when Fifa World Cup fever envelops billions of fans around the world, a question emerges: why isn’t China – a world power when it comes to the Olympics – capable of finding 11 players among its hundreds of millions of eligible men to form a team that can qualify? In the year that China last qualified for a World Cup, 2002, one of us published a paper that identified economic, demographic, cultural and climatic factors which influenced international football performance. It found... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3202372/why-china-arent-fifa-world-cup-2022-and-what-could-boost-their-chances?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3202372/why-china-arent-fifa-world-cup-2022-and-what-could-boost-their-chances?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Dec 2022 06:33:40 +0000 With one eye already on re-election, US President Donald Trump is racing towards opening up America again despite economists’ consensus that reopening the economy only when it is safe is better than risking another lockdown soon after. Regardless, once business does get back up to speed it is certain we will face a new normal. The 2008 global financial crisis was a walk in the park compared to this predicament. The rise in unemployment as businesses close, lay off or furlough employees is... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3088220/coronavirus-response-shows-how-universal-basic-income-can-improve-life?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3088220/coronavirus-response-shows-how-universal-basic-income-can-improve-life?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:00:07 +0000