Solving An Impossibly Hard Problem in the Middle East
The Takeaways:
Tag: Rule of law
CBDC By All Means
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) alone will neither create authoritarianism nor democracy. It is the rule of law as the strategic institution that determines the nature of CBDC. We should have patience as many things in CBDC have not been set in stone. The best principles are institutional inclusiveness and efficiency in transition. A hybrid CBDC model seems to be the best path to balance public and private safety and privacy, to lead to institutional inclusiveness and transitional efficiency. …
Thoughts Evoked by A Call to Thailand
It has been too long since I last published a blog, I will randomly put down whatever came to my mind this time. The miserable situation in Thailand Today is
The Alleged & Real Problems In Xinjiang
After finishing the data analyses using Xinjiang Statistics Yearbooks, I have kept telling /reminding myself that data analyses can only do so much. Many things in real life may not
Is This Country Unifiable?
Forget about winning the presidency, the next — and bigger — challenge for Biden and his administration is to govern, or better yet, to lead the country forward. We can
An Idea for Fighting Fake News
I like the essay by Annie Lowrey of the Atlantic [@lesson], as it said the things I wanted to say for a long time: Americans should use the resources possessed