The spectre of inequality
To make the tax system progressive and to achieve tax justice, it is a must to have more taxes on income and wealth and fewer taxes on consumption.
The Asian View
Punjab govt’s coercive actions against PTI threaten stability in the country’s largest province
Matters have come to a point where each side’s version is almost violently at odds with that of the other and arriving at some compromise or consensus appears increasingly…
No policy measures taken to contain high inflation
The writer says Bangladesh has not seen policy change designed to contain the rise in inflation, despite plenty of talk to do so.
Dhaka, a victim of poor governance
The writer says an absence of political will or concern for the city's residents is what leads to houses to continue being tinderboxes that are nothing but death traps.
The Saudi-Iran détente has the potential to bring forth better intra-Muslim relations
The deal, if all goes according to plan, would open up a new vista of cooperation between two of the Muslim world’s most influential states.
Crazy showy Indonesians
Amid an avalanche of wealth-related scandals in the civil service, President Joko Widodo has stepped in and told officials, and presumably their families, to stop showing off…
Beyond cleaning up the oil spill
The paper says a disaster of this magnitude goes beyond containment and recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction will be a long, arduous process.
China’s rebound will be positive for world economy, offset Fed risks
Unlike the US, the eurozone and Japan, which are struggling with secular stagnation and exporting runaway inflation, China's growth is accelerating while inflation remains in…
The unending search for Covid-19’s origin
To this day, no one has been able to pinpoint the animal that supposedly served as the intermediate carrier of the virus.
Business could be a harmonising force in a polarised Asia
Given the growing and deep divides within and between countries, people everywhere expect – and need - more of business and its leaders in 2023.