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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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