Former Chairman of Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan (L) gives an interview to Tim Russert (R) on “Meet the Press” during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES FOR MEET THE PRESS FORBES William Pesek Senior Contributor Feb 10, 2023 In Asian economic circles, few western figures have been more
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OPINION Marcos 2.0 likely to accelerate Philippines’ backward slide Key watchpoints will be whether corruption and cronyism worsen William Pesek May 12, 2022 05:00 JST William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Pinpointing inflection points is hard enough in highly developed economies,
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OPINION China shows why Asia’s casino bubble was always doomed Nikkei Asia William Pesek September 20, 2021 05:00 JST The house always wins. Just not in Macao, where this gaming industry maxim is being turned on its head. A plunge in casino-related stocks has analysts pointing fingers, junket operators reeling and investors taking chips off the
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THE WASHINGTON POST Opinion by William Pesek September 8, 2021 at 11:33 a.m. William Pesek is a Tokyo-based writer and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Over the past decade, Japan has tried a variety of strategies to restore its economic relevance. It spent trillions of dollars jolting growth. It devalued
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