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Wednesday 11/January/2017 14:08 PM

The next world order

The annus horribilis of 2016 is behind us now. But its low points – the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, the election of Donald Trump...

Tuesday 10/January/2017 21:48 PM

Putin tired of hacking

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Tuesday 10/January/2017 14:54 PM

Trumpian uncertainty

Every January, I try to craft a forecast for the coming year. Economic forecasting is notoriously difficult; but, notwithstanding the truth expressed in...

Tuesday 10/January/2017 14:15 PM

America's builder-in-chief should beware

Can government investment in infrastructure fuel the sort of dynamism that propels an economy forward? Today, that’s virtually an unquestioned truth....

Monday 09/January/2017 15:07 PM

A breadwinner, a homemaker and a laptop

As millennials slowly age into family life, they're faced with two daunting financial challenges: the rising cost of housing and the high cost of child...

Monday 09/January/2017 14:50 PM

How China can stop Trumpism

At a recent forum, China's Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao warned that a "zero-sum" mentality in economic relations between the US and...