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Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... China is once again turning the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity. Makes you want to be believe those conspiracy theories, hey? Not only has China evaded the virus-induced global recession, latest international trade data reveal that it's turned ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... who's "far right" and who's wrong. 'Readers Digest' published less than five months ago "12 Conspiracy Theories That Actually Turned Out to Be True". Then again, is being proved correct worth the suffering of our loved ones in intensive ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... to enforce its quarantine regime and track infected individuals and their family members." On top of that, conspiracy theories and misinformation have flourished in this environment. Robeco thinks information and communication technology companies could ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
If one were to believe in conspiracy theories, one would suspect that 'the institutions' - perhaps, even Tsipras himself -- have placed a short on Greek bonds and stocks today... and collect the windfall tomorrow. Speculations of rumours of gossips ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... narratives were wide ranging: from the classic supply and demand (or in this case, oversupply and under demand) to conspiracy theories to game theory and prisoners' dilemma, with a dashing of competitive advantage and marginal propensity to produce. ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... until the 6 November US Presidential Elections. That's how long. I don't usually talk about conspiracies and conspiracy theories, but Reuters might have stumbled into one. "An EU-IMF report into whether Greece's debt is manageable looks set to be delayed ...
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