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[Editorial] Not all new jobs are equal

Quality of job growth must be scrutinized; short-term jobs an illusion

Dec 13, 2018
Editorial
[Leonid Bershidsky] EU is playing Trump just like it played Brexiters

The Trump administration has pulled out all the stops to attack the European Union. Realizing its relative weakness, the EU hasn’t tried a muscular response. Instead, it has used the same tactic as i...

Dec 13, 2018
Columnists
[Eli Lake] Google’s China problem is America’s China problem

When employees first learned of the Google project known as Dragonfly, there was an internal uprising. It is easy to see why. The project, a search engine for China, would not only help a totalitari...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Tyler Cowen] How Meng Wanzhou’s arrest might backfire

I am concerned by Canada’s recent arrest and possible extradition of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Meng was traveling in Canada, switching planes using a Chinese passport, when she was...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Kim Young-suck] Song of peace for 200th anniversary of ‘Silent Night, Holy Night’

On the Dec. 24, 1818, the Christmas carol “Silent Night, Holy Night” was created by two friends, Franz Xaver Gruber, an organist, and Rev. Joseph Mohr, a priest at the St. Nicholas Church in Oberndor...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Letter to the Editor] Feminism debate a step forward

I disagree with San E’s priorities in regards to feminism, but it seems like a good amount of his opposition is based on misinterpretation. His initial release of “Feminist” is him playing a charact...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Robert B. Reich] Tip for Tariff Man

“I am a Tariff Man,” Trump tweeted last week. “When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. ... We are right now taking i...

Dec 12, 2018
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[Jayati Ghosh] Political roots of falling wage growth

It’s now official: Workers around the world are falling behind. The International Labor Organization’s latest Global Wage Report finds that, excluding China, real (inflation-adjusted) wages grew at a...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Time for a real shift

Urgent need to depoliticize to save economy

Dec 12, 2018
Editorial
[Noah Smith] Huawei reveals real trade war with China

If you only scan the headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking that the US-China trade war is mainly about tariffs. After all, the president and trade-warrior-in-chief has called himself “Tariff ...

Dec 11, 2018
Columnists
[Lee Jae-min] Despite 20-year deregulation drive, businesses still concerned over red tape

After a roller coaster year on the trade front, we are now well-versed in other countries’ trade barriers restraining Korean products and businesses. We, however, tend to forget how we are viewed in ...

Dec 11, 2018
Columnists
[Kim Seong-kon] The rainbow coalition of Christian and Islamic culture

History tells us that ever since the Crusades, Christianity and Islam have been archenemies. The clash between these two civilizations and religions seems to be reaching its breaking point today, as ...

Dec 11, 2018
Columnists
[Leonid Bershidsky] Exit Merkel. Enter hope for centrism in Europe.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been accused of killing German politics with her boa constrictor-like dominance and her contempt for electioneering fireworks. But on Friday, as she handed over the leade...

Dec 11, 2018
Columnists
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Greece drags itself back toward normality

As the cradle of democracy, Greece knows better than most countries what politics is all about. Yet, for the last eight years, any discussions between lawmakers from the left and right there have bee...

Dec 11, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Attention to safety

Appointment of nonexperts, negligence must be addressed to prevent train accidents

Dec 11, 2018
Editorial

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