AUG 27TH 2022 | Are sanctions working?

1. 러시아 제재는 제대로 작동하고 있는가?
Geo-economics | Are sanctions working?
The lessons from a new era of economic warfare

2. 중국의 일대일로 정책 추진 현황
Chinese lending | Distressing debt
How China should handle its bad loans to poor countries
Time to work with Western creditors

3. 윤대통령은 정치의 기본부터 배워라
Banyan | Panic button
South Korea’s president needs to learn the basics
Politics is as much about presentation as policy
... "Mr Yoon has yet to learn even the basic political trick of presenting every popular policy as his own idea, let alone master the much harder task of selling unpopular ones." 

4. 우크라이나 전쟁 6개월 평가
Six months of war in Ukraine | The manpower race
Ukraine and Russia both need more soldiers
Who can train them faster?

5. 인수합병에 대한 리스크
Mergers and acquisitions | Blasted are the dealmakers
Firms’ unwise addiction to mergers and acquisitions
A bumper year for dealmaking is likely to result in a painful hangover

6. 출퇴근은 항상 시간 낭비일까?
Bartleby | In defence of commuting
Is travelling to work always a waste of time?

7. 버핏의 옥시덴탈 인수 배경
Schumpeter | Buffett’s bold bet on Oxy
Could the demonised oil industry become a force for decarbonisation?
That may be what Warren Buffett sees in Occidental Petroleum?

8. 에너지 위기를 극복하기 위한 정책
Free exchange | How to avoid energy rationing
Politicians should pay attention to the latest economic literature

9. 착탈식 배터리의 가능성
Light and shade | Electric vehicles
Swappable batteries for electric vans and lorries make sense
Car drivers, though, will probably want to keep recharging

10. 석유의 역사
Culture | The story of oil | A dirty business
There will be blood
An epic history of oil from ancient times to the first world war
There are few clean hands in “A Pipeline Runs Through It”

 

AUG 27TH 2022  | Are sanctions working?