Facebook protests over rising prices must prod generals into structural reforms William Pesek June 15, 2018 Thailand’s latest public anger involves rising energy prices, causing social-media-driven boycott. © Reuters The social media click is mightier than the sword. Just ask the generals lording over Thailand these last four years. They grabbed control of the
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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST June, 17 2018 William Pesek In his 63 months helming the Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda has run into many an obstacle: frugal consumers, testy politicians, skittish corporate executives, assertive currency traders. But the mercurial US president may trump them all. It’s not like Governor Kuroda’s historic easing programme was gaining
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LIVEMINT Donald Trump’s idea to embrace Russia is just silly. If the G-7 wants to get real, it could send Italy and Canada packing and welcome India, along with China Jun 14 2018 William Pesek Donald Trump is absolutely right that the Group of Seven, or G-7, needs to reinvigorate its ranks by welcoming another
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ASIA TIMES The bears are gathering in Japan in a rare convergence of negative factors. Trumpian tariffs could be the final straw By WILLIAM PESEK JUNE 16, 2018 Suddenly, the global economic scene isn’t looking so good from Tokyo’s vantage point. The first quarter saw a hiccup in the second-longest postwar expansion as growth contracted 0.6%. Economists
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