7 scientists, mathematicians, physicists and experts who moved to China in 2025

Well, it’s time for my annual Economics Nobel post! If you like, you can also check out my posts for2024,2023,2022, and2021. Other than the tired old question of whether the Econ Nobel is a “real” Nobel prize,[1]there are basically three things to talk about in these posts: The research that got the prize What the…

The latest escalation in US-Iran tensions is not merely another spike in the familiar cycle of provocations and negotiations. Following an agreement in their second round of Geneva talks on February 17 that supposedly gave Iran two weeks to come up with proposals fulfilling expectations of the Trump administration, the world instead is witnessing a…

Sangharsh Bhusal returned to the spot outside Nepal’s parliament building where police shot him last year. The 28-year-old still bears scars on his head, hand and abdomen from the violence that engulfed Kathmandu during Nepal’s Gen Z uprising, when thousands took to the streets demanding good governance and an end to corruption. It was here,…

Venezuela on Saturday hit out at the United States for allegedly seizing a fishing boat for eight hours in its exclusive economic zone, as the US military patrols the Caribbean to target drug cartels. The vessel carrying nine fishermen was “illegally and hostilely” detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham, a destroyer, the foreign…

I recently attended the excellentKilkenomics festivalin Kilkenny, Ireland. If you ever get the chance to go, I recommend it. Putting comedians and economists on the same stage doesn’t sound like it makes sense, but it’s surprisingly effective; they balance each other out quite well. And Ireland is a wonderful country, of course. But I did…

The Hong Kong government has produced a consolidated surplus earlier than expected, its first in four years, ahead of a rare transfer into coffers from the Exchange Fund and other sources. Wednesday’s budget pointed to fund transfers of HK$127.83 billion (US$16.35 billion) and an 11.1 per cent jump in government revenues contributing to another surplus…