Book review: In Consumptionompics, Chandran Nair’s knee-jerk attack on capitalism undermines valid concerns about climate change in Asia, ignores the benefits of prosperity … More
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America can regain tech advantage (Fund Strategy)
Book review: In Advantage, Adam Segal argues that America’s entrepreneurial culture gives it an advantage over Asia in the race for technological … More
Gloomy view exposes power dilemma (Fund Strategy)
Review: In Uprising: Will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy?, George Magnus rips into fears about changes to the … More
East meets East: the changing recruitment landscape (The PIE News)
Feature: The latest study from the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC) finds international student mobility trends in … More
Is international education an investment hotspot? (The PIE News)
Feature: With numbers studying abroad expected to skyrocket by 2025, international education is becoming an increasingly attractive investment proposition. But with … More
Exclusive: Oxford University Press marketing claims investigated (The PIE News)
The PIE News has learnt that one of the world’s biggest academic publishers, Oxford University Press (OUP), is being investigated by … More
UK: Coalition in new immigration crackdown
Critics have attacked proposals made by Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister that some temporary migrants should pay deposits to ensure they … More
Couch-surfing: going it alone (The Telegraph)
Travel feature: Sick of hostel horrors, Daniel Thomas finds a new, free way of travelling around Europe – by sleeping on … More
The Rough Guide to Cult Comedy (Penguin)
Geography Lessons: comedy around Britain. 10,000 word chapter on the regional roots of British comedy for the Rough Guide to … More
Goodbye to gas guzzlers (GQ)
Review of the Detroit Auto Show: Affordable and luxury hybrid cars are dominating this year’s event, but in terms of taste, … More
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