TR EMERITUS

The basic pitch of those promoting population growth is straightforward in its appeal: "More is better." Joseph Chamie, who has spent a lifelong career as a demographer, including 12 years of service as the director of the United Nations Population Division, finds that more is not necessarily better. Bernie Madoff's recent... 

It has been brought to my attention that the Singapore government has created website called Factually where they “present the facts.”  On this website they address such issues as “why did the IMF restate Singapore’s fiscal data?” and “Is there something wrong with our Reserves?”  In these “factual” articles... 

Recently the Wall Street Journal  reported that Temasek Holdings, with no sense of irony,  was pressing Standard Chartered to appoint more independent directors ( LINK ).  The article went on to say that, despite earlier reports in the FT, Temasek did not have any immediate plans to sell its stake in the bank. I discussed...