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Technology

Why Your Assumptions About the FTX Collapse May Be Wrong

The reasons behind FTX's crash are still being uncovered, but many reactions to its collapse reflect misconceptions about fundamental concepts, including decentralized finance, cryptocurrencies, and blockchains. Jaymin Kim, director of commercial strategy at Marsh McLennan, unpacks the myths around crypto's future, the relationship between tech and finance, and whether blockchains are trustworthy.

Jaymin Kim, Director of Commercial Strategy at Marsh McLennan

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Environment

Does Carbon Labeling of Food Work?

An interview with

Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at University of Oxford

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In Practice

Can We Achieve True Equity at Work?

An interview with

Tina Opie, Associate Professor of Management at Babson College

Regional Spotlight: Asia

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Economy

China Is Moving Rapidly Up the Rare Earth Value Chain

Rare earth elements play a critical role in developing new industries, and China aims to transform itself from the largest producer and refiner of rare earth elements to the world’s major manufacturer of the clean energy products dependent on rare earth metals. Xianbin Yao, professor of international studies at De LaSalle University, Manila, explores how China became the dominant player in the global rare earth market and its industrial consolidation of rare earth industry.

Xianbin Yao, Professorial Lecturer of International Studies at De LaSalle University Manila

Environment

India’s UN Climate Commitments Aim Low, but Its National Policies Are Ambitious

Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Junior Fellow, Climate Lab at Tufts University

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Geopolitics

How ASEAN Is Adapting to a Changing World

An Altamar interview with

Niharika Mandhana, Bureau Chief for Southeast Asia for The Wall Street Journal

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Asia-Pacific Outlook

The Japanese Economy Has Reinvented Itself

John West, Executive Director of the Asian Century Institute

Economy

China’s Real Estate Sector Goes South

Jean-François Robin, Head of Global Markets Research at Natixis

Alicia García-Herrero, Senior Fellow for Bruegel and Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis

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Economy

Will Pensions Be Enough for Retirement?

In defined contribution plans, retirees and near-retirees are considered the more inflation-sensitive groups. Increases in the price of goods and services, including health care costs, can be especially burdensome to retirees on a fixed income, and the time horizon to recover any erosion of purchasing power through salary increases is reduced for those in the latter stages of their career.

Graham Pearce, Partner, Global Defined Benefit Segment Leader at Mercer

We need to convert [the pot of money] into an income stream. A quarter of a million might seem like a lot of money to many individuals, but when that’s got to last 20 or 30 years, it’s not much at all. So we’ve got to start talking about incomes in retirement.

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